Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Nipigon sees more crime per resident than 69% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 114.4 and 69.4. The local count comes to 18.1 violent incidents and 21.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, it grades C for safety on crime the police covering Nipigon reported from 2023 to 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Nipigon detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Nipigon
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 69% of Nipigon’s crime, weighted by seriousness (89% of violent crime, 56% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Nipigon, 81.8. 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.
What’s behind Nipigon’s grade
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.
Nipigon’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Nipigon runs highest on drug offences (3.3 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (6.2 per 1,000 against 4.2) and assault (9.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). Fraud 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 | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.3 | 2 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.7 | 1.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 23.3 | 6.3 | 21% |
| Mischief | 23 | 6.2 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 1.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.7 | 8 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 12.3 | 3.3 | 65% |
| Impaired driving | 12.7 | 3.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
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 67 violent incidents a year across the police area of 3,720 residents that includes Nipigon, 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 79 a year and other violations 76 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Nipigon’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 122.3 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 52.8 in 2023. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Nipigon | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 122.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 52.8 | 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 Nipigon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Nipigon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipigon | 1,624 | 81.8 | 114.4 | C |
| Shuniah (77 km) | 3,458 | 29.8 | 60 | A+ |
| Terrace Bay (89 km) | 1,553 | 41.7 | 53.6 | A− |
| Thunder Bay, Unorganized (92 km) | 6,831 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| Thunder Bay (97 km) | 117,671 | 113.6 | 209.7 | C− |
| Oliver Paipoonge (110 km) | 6,524 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
Nearby, 4 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Nipigon. Closest is Shuniah, 76.8 km away, at 29.8 to 81.8 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 77–110 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Nipigon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
- Read with care. The police behind these figures serve about 3,722 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Nipigon together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Nipigon
Is Nipigon safe?
Nipigon measures 81.8 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 18.1 violent incidents and 21.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Nipigon?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 10.8, assault at 9.9 and theft under $5,000 at 6.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Nipigon?
It went up 33% between 2023 and 2025, from 52.8 to 70.1. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Nipigon’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 69% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 89% of violent and 56% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Nipigon 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).