Photo: J. H. Field · Public domainEnglehart sees more crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 14.1 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 171.6 and 68.6. It grades C− for safety on crime the police covering Englehart reported from 2023 to 2025.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Kirkland Lake detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Englehart
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 69% of crime in Englehart ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 115% of violent crime and 43% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Over the Ontario norm
Englehart’s index of 97.4 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 171.6 on Englehart’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 68.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Englehart’s C− for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 38 km from Englehart, not to the town.
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Englehart’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Englehart runs highest on break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.5). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15 | 4.1 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 1.8 | 34% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16 | 4.4 | 14% |
| Mischief | 14 | 3.8 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 1.5 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.3 | 4.2 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 1.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9 | 2.5 | 100% |
| 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 people or more.
About 52 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Englehart (3,670 residents), 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 78 property crimes, plus 43 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Englehart’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 155.4, against a low of 66.8 in 2024. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Englehart | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 66.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 155.4 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Englehart, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Englehart
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englehart | 1,559 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| Armstrong | 1,269 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part | 3,606 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 3,672 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. 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.
Questions about safety in Englehart
Is Englehart safe?
Englehart’s Crime Severity Index is 97.4 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 14.1 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Englehart?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 5.6 and fraud at 5.1.
Is crime going up in Englehart?
The reverse: 155.4 in 2023 came down to 70.1 by 2025, 55% lower. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Englehart’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 69% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 115% of violent crime and 43% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Englehart and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).