Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Mattawa than in 68% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 21.7 violent incidents and 23.3 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+). Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 81.5 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Mattawa reported put it at C for safety.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the North Bay (Mattawa) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Mattawa
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Mattawa’s police clear 54%, 76% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Mattawa’s index splits into violent crime, 146.1 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 56.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Mattawa, 81.5. 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 grade: C for Mattawa
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 Mattawa, by type
Against the typical town its size, Mattawa runs highest on assault (9.1 per 1,000 against 6.7) and mischief (5 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 1.4 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9.3 | 2.3 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 2.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 28 | 6.9 | 23% |
| Mischief | 20.3 | 5 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 32 | 7.9 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1.3 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 1.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 5.7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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 people or more.
About 88 violent incidents a year across the police area of 4,150 residents that includes Mattawa, 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 95 property crimes, plus 57 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Mattawa, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 90.7; 2025 was the lightest, at 71.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mattawa | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 90.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 82.7 | 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 Mattawa, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Mattawa
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattawa | 2,193 | 81.5 | 146.1 | C |
| Papineau-Cameron (4 km) | 1,136 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| Bonfield (34 km) | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| East Ferris (43 km) | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| Chisholm (45 km) | 1,593 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
Mattawa has the highest index of the places around it. Just 4.3 km away, Papineau-Cameron comes to 63.1, against 81.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Mattawa with figures are 4–45 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Mattawa together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 4,145 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.”
Questions about safety in Mattawa
Is Mattawa safe?
Its police recorded 21.7 violent incidents and 23.3 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Mattawa a Crime Severity Index of 81.5. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Mattawa?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 10.4, assault at 9.1 and theft under $5,000 at 6.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Mattawa?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 71.2 from 82.7. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Mattawa’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 54% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 76% of violent crime and 30% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Mattawa 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).