Photo: P199 · Public domainDeep River sees less crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 8.5 violent incidents and 14.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 56 for violence and 33 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Deep River reported put it at A for safety: #188 of 862 in Ontario.
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 Deep River
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 51% of Deep River’s crime, weighted by seriousness (85% of violent crime, 27% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Deep River stands 8th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 39.3 in Deep River. 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.
Deep River: A for safety, and why
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: #188 of 862 in Ontario and #294 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.
Deep River’s crime by kind
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.7 | 1.8 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 13.7 | 3.1 | 20% |
| Mischief | 15.7 | 3.6 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19.7 | 4.5 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
By its index, Deep River stands 8th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Montague Ontario | 4,414 | 30.8 | 39.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,209 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 6 | Simonds New Brunswick | 4,263 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 7 | Eganville Ontario | 4,326 | 38.6 | 53.5 | A |
| 8 | Deep River Ontario | 4,353 | 39.3 | 56 | A |
| 9 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | Beaupré Quebec | 4,314 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 11 | Highlands East Ontario | 4,372 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Prescott Ontario | 4,342 | 111.5 | 167.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 119.1 | 253 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Bancroft Ontario | 4,331 | 121.5 | 153.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Deep River in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Deep River recorded about 37 violent incidents a year, 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.
Property crime adds about 62 a year and other violations 35 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The index in Deep River, each year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 44.7, with 2024 the lightest at 33.9. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Deep River | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 33.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.4 | 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 Deep River, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Deep River
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep River | 4,353 | 39.3 | 56 | A |
| Chalk River (8 km) | 3,147 | 38.6 | 59.3 | A |
| Petawawa (29 km) | 19,606 | 29.3 | 42.6 | A+ |
| L'Isle-aux-Allumettes (41 km) | 1,413 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
| Laurentian Valley (41 km) | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| Pembroke (42 km) | 15,479 | 112.1 | 153.4 | C− |
Nearby, 3 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Deep River. Just 7.7 km away, Chalk River comes to 38.6, against 39.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Deep River with figures are 8–42 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Read with care. With roughly 4,353 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Deep River
Is Deep River safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Deep River’s Crime Severity Index stands at 39.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8.5 violent incidents and 14.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Deep River?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 6.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (5) and assault (4.1).
Is crime going up in Deep River?
It has: 39.4 in 2023 became 44.7 by 2025, a rise of 14%. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Deep River’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 85% of violent crime and 27% of everything else, 51% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Deep River 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).