Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Little Current records more crime than seven in ten Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 81.9, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. What’s more, in a usual year, 18.6 violent incidents and 19.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. Graded on crime the police covering Little Current reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C for safety: #774 of 862 in Ontario. Ontario’s towns sit around 56.2, midway up their range.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Little Current (Manitoulin) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Little Current
A busy place, counted per resident
About 37% of Little Current’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Little Current records 4.5 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 ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 63% for Little Current (80% violent, 53% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
More severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Little Current moved from 69.5 to 84.7, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Little Current: C 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: #774 of 862 in Ontario and #1,745 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.
Crime in Little Current, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Little Current runs highest on drug offences (4.5 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (8.6 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.3 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Breaking and entering | 35.7 | 2.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 0.4 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.3 | 1.1 | 51% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 78 | 5.4 | 21% |
| Mischief | 62.3 | 4.3 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 19.3 | 1.3 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 114.3 | 7.8 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 1 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 65.3 | 4.5 | 89% |
| Impaired driving | 81.7 | 5.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Year by year in Little Current: up 22%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 91.6, with 2023 the lightest at 69.5. 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 | Little Current | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 91.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 69.5 | 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 Little Current, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Little Current is part of, 14,700 residents, recorded about 270 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.
And about 290 property crimes, plus 350 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
By its index, Little Current stands 24th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Atikokan Ontario | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| 22 | Saint-Prime Quebec | 2,808 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 23 | Gore Quebec | 2,756 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 24 | Little Current Ontario | 2,764 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| 25 | Victoria County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 2,746 | 82.8 | 120.7 | C |
| 26 | Addington Highlands Ontario | 2,827 | 84.5 | 105.8 | C |
| 27 | Sussex New Brunswick | 2,742 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Little Current in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Little Current
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Current | 2,764 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers (25 km) | 3,412 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| Wikwemikong Unceded (26 km) | 2,875 | 583.1 | 762.6 | D− |
| Assiginack (26 km) | 1,137 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Little Current with figures are 25–26 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Little Current is one part.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Little Current
Is Little Current safe?
With 18.6 violent incidents and 19.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Little Current comes to 81.9 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Little Current?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 10.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (8.6) and Criminal Code traffic offences (8.5).
Is crime going up in Little Current?
Yes: the index rose 22%, from 69.5 in 2023 to 84.7 in 2025.
How much of Little Current’s crime do police solve?
About 63% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 80% of violent and 53% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Little Current and everywhere else it polices.
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).