Photo: Padraic · CC BY-SA 2.0Laurentian Valley has less crime per resident than 91% of Canadian towns
Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Counting crime the police covering Laurentian Valley reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #150 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 44.5 and 33.4. Year on year, 8.4 violent incidents and 16.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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 Laurentian Valley
Under the Ontario norm
Laurentian Valley’s index of 36.3 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Laurentian Valley places 10th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Laurentian Valley ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Laurentian Valley’s A
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: #150 of 862 in Ontario and #192 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 Laurentian Valley’s figures
Break and enter and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9.7 | 0.9 | 41% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 0.6 | 45% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 66.7 | 6.5 | 36% |
| Mischief | 24 | 2.3 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 57 | 5.5 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 15 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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.
About 87 violent incidents a year reached Laurentian Valley’s police, 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 170 a year and other violations 93 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Laurentian Valley is 10th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Palmerston Ontario | 10,029 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Thamesford Ontario | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 8 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 9 | Mono Ontario | 10,036 | 34.9 | 55.4 | A |
| 10 | Laurentian Valley Ontario | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| 11 | Otterburn Park Quebec | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 12 | Blind Bay British Columbia | 9,984 | 40.8 | 37.4 | A− |
| 13 | Mitchell Ontario | 10,080 | 44.1 | 52.1 | A− |
| 14 | Vankleek Hill Ontario | 9,321 | 44.6 | 56.6 | A− |
| 15 | Wiarton Ontario | 9,799 | 46 | 52.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Laurentian Valley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Laurentian Valley’s index rose 6% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 37.4; the lightest was 2023, at 35.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Laurentian Valley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 36.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 35.1 | 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 Laurentian Valley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Laurentian Valley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurentian Valley | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| Pembroke | 15,479 | 112.1 | 153.4 | C− |
| Petawawa | 19,606 | 29.3 | 42.6 | A+ |
| L'Isle-aux-Allumettes | 1,413 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
Laurentian Valley sits above 1 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Petawawa, 12.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 29.3 to 36.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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 Laurentian Valley
Is Laurentian Valley safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 36.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Laurentian Valley stands, with 8.4 violent and 16 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Laurentian Valley?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (6.6 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 6.5, and fraud, at 4.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Laurentian Valley?
Up 6%: 35.1 in 2023, 37.4 in 2025.
How much of Laurentian Valley’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 47%: 69% for violent crime and 35% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Laurentian Valley 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).