Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kenora has more crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 122.3, down from 134 in 2023. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 186.8 and 104.3. On the record of crime the police covering Kenora reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #833 of 862 in Ontario. The local count comes to 32.3 violent incidents and 47.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 30.5 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 Kenora
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Kenora records 4.2 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Kenora scores 127.1. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Kenora’s police clear 61%, 75% of violent crime and 50% of the rest. Questions ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Kenora is 37th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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 Kenora’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: #833 of 862 in Ontario and #2,296 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Kenora, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kenora runs highest on drug offences (4.2 per 1,000 against 0.8), sexual assault (3 per 1,000 against 0.8) and assault (20.4 per 1,000 against 6.6). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9 | 0.5 | 67% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 24 | 1.3 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 14.7 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 52% |
| Breaking and entering | 63.3 | 3.3 | 38% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.9 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.3 | 0.7 | 40% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15 | 0.8 | 25% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 459.7 | 24 | 35% |
| Mischief | 203 | 10.6 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 24.3 | 1.3 | 51% |
| Administration of justice violations | 361.7 | 18.8 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 31.7 | 1.6 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 81.7 | 4.2 | 66% |
| Impaired driving | 62.3 | 3.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Kenora places 37th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Almonte Ontario | 16,073 | 28.8 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Rockwood Ontario | 14,870 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Stayner Ontario | 16,571 | 31.5 | 35.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Parksville British Columbia | 15,371 | 107.4 | 88.3 | C− |
| 35 | Pembroke Ontario | 15,479 | 112.1 | 153.4 | C− |
| 36 | Powell River British Columbia | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
| 37 | Kenora Ontario | 15,892 | 127.1 | 186.8 | D |
| 38 | Leduc County Alberta | 16,400 | 162.1 | 88.2 | D |
| 39 | Portage la Prairie Manitoba | 14,738 | 243.3 | 285.8 | D |
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Kenora in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Kenora recorded about 620 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 910 a year and other violations 770 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Kenora, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 134 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 122.3 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Kenora | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 124.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 134 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Kenora, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Kenora
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenora | 15,892 | 127.1 | 186.8 | D |
| Kenora, Unorganized (86 km) | 7,877 | 73.9 | 96.2 | C+ |
| Machin (95 km) | 1,060 | 61.4 | 91 | B− |
| Pinawa (108 km) | 1,653 | 39.8 | 55.1 | A |
| Whitemouth (109 km) | 1,732 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| Reynolds (114 km) | 1,439 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Kenora. Closest is Kenora, Unorganized, 86 km away, at 73.9 to 127.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Kenora has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 86–114 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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 Kenora
Is Kenora safe?
Kenora measures 127.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 32.3 violent incidents and 47.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Kenora?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 31.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (24) and assault (20.4).
Is crime going up in Kenora?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 9%, to 122.3 from 134.
How much of Kenora’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 61% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 75% of violent and 50% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Kenora 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).