Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Machin records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Machin grades B− for safety overall: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, typical years here bring 18.9 violent incidents plus 19.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 91 and other offences to 50.1, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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 Machin
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Machin’s police clear 51%, 74% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Close to Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Machin, 61.4. 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 sits behind Machin’s B−
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.
What police record in Machin, by type
Against the typical town its size, Machin runs highest on assault (9.5 per 1,000 against 6.7) and fraud (6.6 per 1,000 against 5.1).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 2.3 | 2.2 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2 | 1.9 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 4 | 3.8 | — |
| Mischief | 3.7 | 3.5 | — |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 7 | 6.6 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 2.3 | 2.2 | — |
| 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.
Around 20 violent incidents a year on Machin’s police records (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 20 property crimes and 15 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Machin’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (72.2) and 2023 the trough (53.9). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Machin | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 72.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 53.9 | 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 Machin, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Machin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machin | 1,060 | 61.4 | 91 | B− |
| Kenora, Unorganized (14 km) | 7,877 | 73.9 | 96.2 | C+ |
| Dryden (25 km) | 7,808 | 137.6 | 238.3 | D |
| Lac Seul 28 (78 km) | 1,076 | 547.7 | 1,097.5 | D− |
The places around Machin all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 14–78 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Machin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. With roughly 1,060 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- 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.
Questions about safety in Machin
Is Machin safe?
Machin measures 61.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 18.9 violent incidents and 19 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Machin?
Top of the list is assault (9.5 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 8.8, and fraud, at 6.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Machin?
It has: 53.9 in 2023 became 58.2 by 2025, a rise of 8%. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Machin’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 51% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 74% of violent and 32% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Machin 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).