Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kapuskasing sees more crime per resident than 80% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Kapuskasing reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #813 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 172.8 and 79.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, 28.1 violent incidents and 30.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 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 Kapuskasing
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Kapuskasing records 3.7 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 ↓
Over the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Kapuskasing, 105.6. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Kapuskasing’s police clear 61%, 74% of violent crime and 49% of the rest. Questions ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Kapuskasing comes 34th, 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.
The C− for Kapuskasing, and how it is built
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: #813 of 862 in Ontario and #1,949 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.
What police record in Kapuskasing, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kapuskasing runs highest on drug offences (3.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (3.3 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (13.2 per 1,000 against 6.7). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7 | 0.8 | 86% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.3 | 0.9 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 22.3 | 2.5 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.7 | 1.2 | 65% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 32% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 117.3 | 13.4 | 28% |
| Mischief | 47.7 | 5.4 | 36% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 1.1 | 72% |
| Administration of justice violations | 149 | 17 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 1.4 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 32.7 | 3.7 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 28.7 | 3.3 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
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, Kapuskasing stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Hanover Ontario | 8,723 | 91.9 | 108.3 | C |
| 32 | Stony Mountain Manitoba | 9,180 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| 33 | Drumheller Alberta | 8,439 | 101.2 | 101.9 | C− |
| 34 | Kapuskasing Ontario | 8,825 | 105.6 | 172.8 | C− |
| 35 | Trail British Columbia | 8,539 | 114.1 | 118.2 | C− |
| 36 | Edson Alberta | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| 37 | Grande Cache Alberta | 8,984 | 160.6 | 210.5 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Kapuskasing in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Kapuskasing’s police: about 250 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.
Add about 260 property crimes and 260 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Kapuskasing’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 120 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 97.6 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kapuskasing | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 120 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 99.1 | 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 Kapuskasing, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Kapuskasing
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapuskasing | 8,825 | 105.6 | 172.8 | C− |
| Smooth Rock Falls (59 km) | 1,259 | 69.8 | 138.7 | C+ |
| Hearst (95 km) | 5,032 | 74.2 | 97.9 | C+ |
| Cochrane (108 km) | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Kapuskasing. Just 59.2 km away, Smooth Rock Falls comes to 69.8, against 105.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Kapuskasing with figures are 59–108 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 Kapuskasing
Is Kapuskasing safe?
Its police recorded 28.1 violent incidents and 30 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Kapuskasing a Crime Severity Index of 105.6. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Kapuskasing?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 21 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 13.4 and assault at 13.2.
Is crime going up in Kapuskasing?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 99.1 to 97.6.
How much of Kapuskasing’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 61% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 74% of violent and 49% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Kapuskasing and nowhere else.
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).