Photo: P199 · Public domainMarkstay-Warren has less crime per resident than seven in ten Canadian towns
On crime the police covering Markstay-Warren reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #267 of 862 in Ontario. What’s more, the yearly rates were 9.5 violent incidents and 14.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 58.8 for violence and 46 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). The index rose from 43.7 in 2023 to 49.6 in 2025.
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. Shared with the rest of the Sudbury detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Markstay-Warren
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 58% for Markstay-Warren (85% violent, 44% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Markstay-Warren stands 17th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
About the Ontario norm
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 49.3 in Markstay-Warren. 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 B+ for Markstay-Warren, and how it is built
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 40 km off, which covers its own area rather than Markstay-Warren.
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: #267 of 862 in Ontario and #502 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 Markstay-Warren, type by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 13 | 1.4 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11.7 | 1.3 | 40% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 1 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 30 | 3.3 | 21% |
| Mischief | 23.3 | 2.6 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.3 | 3.2 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.6 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 9 | 1 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 32 | 3.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Markstay-Warren, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 54.8, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 43.7. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Markstay-Warren | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 43.7 | 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 Markstay-Warren, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment closest to Markstay-Warren, 9,240 residents, recorded about 87 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.
Add about 130 property crimes and 110 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Markstay-Warren comes 17th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| 2 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Algonquin Highlands Ontario | 2,915 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Elkford British Columbia | 3,030 | 48.2 | 67.7 | B+ |
| 15 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 16 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 17 | Markstay-Warren Ontario | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Saint-Bruno Quebec | 2,935 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 19 | Athens Ontario | 3,078 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 20 | Saint-Dominique Quebec | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Wawa Ontario | 2,943 | 97.9 | 182.2 | C− |
| 35 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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 Markstay-Warren in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Markstay-Warren
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| St.-Charles (15 km) | 1,654 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (39 km) | 188,504 | 69.9 | 115.3 | C+ |
| Sturgeon Falls (40 km) | 16,682 | 66.8 | 82.7 | B− |
| French River / Rivière des Français (41 km) | 3,178 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
The places around Markstay-Warren all score higher on the index. Same police, same number: 2 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–41 km from Markstay-Warren.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Markstay-Warren
Is Markstay-Warren safe?
Police-reported crime in Markstay-Warren scores 49.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.5 violent incidents and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Markstay-Warren?
Most often it is Criminal Code traffic offences: 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 4.7 and assault at 4.2.
Is crime going up in Markstay-Warren?
It has: 43.7 in 2023 became 49.6 by 2025, a rise of 13%.
How much of Markstay-Warren’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 58% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 85% of violent crime and 44% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Markstay-Warren 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).