Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Marmora than in 74% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 68 and its non-violent half to 38.7, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The Safety Grade comes out at B+, drawn from crime the police covering Marmora reported through 2023 to 2025: #249 of 862 in Ontario. Violence and property crime split as 8.5 violent incidents and 15.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Central Hastings detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Marmora
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Marmora’s police clear 50%, 78% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Marmora is 11th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Marmora stood at 46.1, by 2025 at 37.6. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Marmora scores 46.8. 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 Marmora, and how it is built
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: #249 of 862 in Ontario and #455 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.
What police record in Marmora, by type
Against the typical town its size, Marmora runs highest on sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Motor vehicle theft 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 | 5 | 0.3 | 94% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 32.3 | 1.7 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21.7 | 1.1 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10 | 0.5 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 73 | 3.8 | 17% |
| Mischief | 60.7 | 3.1 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 58 | 3 | 72% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Drug violations | 13.3 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 29.3 | 1.5 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4 | 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.
Marmora’s index fell 19% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 56.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 37.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Marmora | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 56.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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 Marmora, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Marmora comes 11th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Amaranth Ontario | 4,808 | 29.9 | 22.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Neuville Quebec | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 4,829 | 45 | 53.2 | A− |
| 10 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 11 | Marmora Ontario | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 12 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,815 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 14 | Edenwold No. 158 Saskatchewan | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Hastings Highlands Ontario | 4,957 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Marmora in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
19,500 residents, about 160 violent incidents a year: the police area Marmora belongs to, 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 300 a year and other violations 150 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Marmora
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmora | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| Havelock | 5,663 | 29.2 | 33.7 | A+ |
| Madoc | 2,467 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| Centre Hastings | 5,170 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Marmora’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. 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 Marmora
Is Marmora safe?
With 8.5 violent incidents and 15.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Marmora comes to 46.8 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 Marmora?
Police record fraud most, 5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (4.4) and assault (3.9).
Is crime going up in Marmora?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 19%, to 37.6 from 46.1.
How much of Marmora’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 50%: 78% for violent crime and 30% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Marmora together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).