Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cochrane sees more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 191 for violence and 128.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Scored on crime the police covering Cochrane reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety: #842 of 862 in Ontario. Annual rates stand at 33.1 violent incidents and 46.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Cochrane
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Cochrane records 4.7 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Cochrane, 145.5. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Cochrane ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 75% of violent crime and 45% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Cochrane comes 37th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Cochrane’s grade
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #842 of 862 in Ontario and #2,458 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Cochrane’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Cochrane runs highest on drug offences (4.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (3.5 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (16.8 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.3 | 1.1 | 79% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 39 | 6.5 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.8 | 20% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 125.7 | 21.1 | 26% |
| Mischief | 44.3 | 7.4 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 1.8 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 144 | 24.2 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 1.7 | 68% |
| Drug violations | 27.7 | 4.7 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 12.7 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Cochrane places 37th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Creston British Columbia | 5,976 | 111.2 | 103.1 | C− |
| 35 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| 36 | Melfort Saskatchewan | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
| 37 | Cochrane Ontario | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
| 38 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 267.2 | 543.5 | D |
| 39 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | D− |
| 40 | Duncan British Columbia | 5,745 | 384.5 | 331.1 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Cochrane in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Cochrane’s police: about 200 violent incidents a year over 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 270 property crimes, plus 220 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Cochrane, down 6% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (155.4); 2024 was the lightest, at 135.5. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cochrane | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 135.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 155.4 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Cochrane, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Cochrane
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
| Smooth Rock Falls (49 km) | 1,259 | 69.8 | 138.7 | C+ |
| Timmins (69 km) | 45,569 | 124.5 | 170.4 | D |
| Black River-Matheson (77 km) | 2,899 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
Cochrane has the highest index of the places around it. Just 49.3 km away, Smooth Rock Falls comes to 69.8, against 145.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Cochrane with figures are 49–77 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Cochrane
Is Cochrane safe?
Its police recorded 33.1 violent incidents and 46.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Cochrane a Crime Severity Index of 145.5. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Cochrane?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 29.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (21.1) and assault (16.8).
Is crime going up in Cochrane?
The reverse: 155.4 in 2023 came down to 145.6 by 2025, 6% lower.
How much of Cochrane’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 56%: 75% for violent crime and 45% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Cochrane alone, so the figures are the town’s.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).