Photo: Omnijohn~commonswiki · CC BY 2.5Per resident, Rainy River, Unorganized records less crime than 70% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 69.4 and its non-violent half to 41.9, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Rainy River, Unorganized reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety. Year on year, 12.7 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Rainy River District detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Rainy River, Unorganized
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
With 66% of its homes not lived in all year, Rainy River, Unorganized counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 65% of Rainy River, Unorganized’s crime, weighted by seriousness (88% of violent crime, 50% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Easing since 2023
Rainy River, Unorganized’s index went from 47.7 in 2023 to 38 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
About the Ontario norm
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 49.4 in Rainy River, Unorganized. 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 Rainy River, Unorganized’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.
In Rainy River, Unorganized, down 20% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 62.5; 2025 was lightest, at 38. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rainy River, Unorganized | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 62.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 47.7 | 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 Rainy River, Unorganized, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
7,350 residents, about 93 violent incidents a year: the police area Rainy River, Unorganized 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.
And about 91 property crimes, plus 100 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Rainy River, Unorganized’s crime by kind
Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6 | 0.8 | 83% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20.3 | 2.8 | 26% |
| Mischief | 21.3 | 2.9 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.7 | 3.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 16.3 | 2.2 | 45% |
| Impaired driving | 30.7 | 4.2 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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.
Crime in the places around Rainy River, Unorganized
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainy River, Unorganized | 1,498 | 49.4 | 69.4 | B+ |
| Fort Frances (22 km) | 7,607 | 143.8 | 209.3 | D |
| Emo (52 km) | 1,255 | 49.4 | 69.4 | B+ |
| Atikokan (111 km) | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
The places around Rainy River, Unorganized all score higher on the index. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 22–111 km from Rainy River, Unorganized.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Rainy River, Unorganized is one part.
Questions about safety in Rainy River, Unorganized
Is Rainy River, Unorganized safe?
Its police recorded 12.7 violent incidents and 12.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Rainy River, Unorganized a Crime Severity Index of 49.4. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Rainy River, Unorganized?
Assault is the most common, at 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (5.6) and other Criminal Code offences (4.6).
Is crime going up in Rainy River, Unorganized?
It went down 20% between 2023 and 2025, from 47.7 to 38.
How much of Rainy River, Unorganized’s crime do police solve?
About 65% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 88% of violent and 50% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Rainy River, Unorganized 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).