Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, North Algona Wilberforce records less crime than 83% of Canadian towns
The grade is A−, built on crime the police covering North Algona Wilberforce reported from 2023 to 2025: #195 of 862 in Ontario. Behind the grade sit 8.4 violent incidents and 11.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 77.6 for violence and 27.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Upper Ottawa Valley (Killaloe) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in North Algona Wilberforce
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 63% of crime in North Algona Wilberforce ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 90% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 77.6 on North Algona Wilberforce’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 27.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, North Algona Wilberforce comes 7th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; North Algona Wilberforce, 41.5. 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: A− for North Algona Wilberforce
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 21 km from North Algona Wilberforce, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #195 of 862 in Ontario and #319 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.
Which crimes make up North Algona Wilberforce’s figures
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.5 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.5 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.5 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.5 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10 | 0.9 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.5 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.5 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.5 | 3.2 | 28% |
| Mischief | 39 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 31.5 | 3 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.5 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 8.5 | 0.8 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 12 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.5 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, North Algona Wilberforce places 7th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | North Kawartha Ontario | 3,355 | 28.5 | 38.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Greater Madawaska Ontario | 3,234 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Coalhurst Alberta | 3,244 | 35.7 | 34 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 7 | North Algona Wilberforce Ontario | 3,290 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 9 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 10 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Marathon Ontario | 3,223 | 74.7 | 120.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 North Algona Wilberforce in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest North Algona Wilberforce, 10,000 residents: around 92 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.
Property crime adds about 130 a year and other violations 71 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
North Algona Wilberforce’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (60.1); the low point came in 2024, at 22.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 68.8 (2024).
Its police reported only for 2023 and 2024, so the mean is of those years alone.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Algona Wilberforce | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 22.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.1 | 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 North Algona Wilberforce, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around North Algona Wilberforce
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Algona Wilberforce | 3,290 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| Eganville (11 km) | 4,326 | 38.6 | 53.5 | A |
| Laurentian Valley (20 km) | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| Pembroke (22 km) | 15,479 | 112.1 | 153.4 | C− |
| Whitewater Region (25 km) | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (29 km) | 2,505 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
North Algona Wilberforce sits above 3 of the 4 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 11 km away, Eganville comes to 38.6, against 41.5. A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 11–29 km from North Algona Wilberforce.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in North Algona Wilberforce
Is North Algona Wilberforce safe?
Its police recorded 8.4 violent incidents and 11.9 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives North Algona Wilberforce a Crime Severity Index of 41.5. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in North Algona Wilberforce?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (3.6) and fraud (3.5).
Is crime going up in North Algona Wilberforce?
The reverse: 60.1 in 2023 came down to 22.9 by 2024, 62% lower. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of North Algona Wilberforce’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 63% of crime (90% of violent crime, 36% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for North Algona Wilberforce 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).