Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Sioux Lookout records more crime than 95% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 276.8 in 2023 to 250.9 in 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 79.2 violent incidents and 45.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Sioux Lookout reported put it at D for safety: #854 of 862 in Ontario. Its violent half comes to 543.5 and its non-violent half to 159, where the norm is 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.
What stands out about safety in Sioux Lookout
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Sioux Lookout records 9.1 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 543.5 on Sioux Lookout’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 159 against 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than most of Ontario
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Sioux Lookout scores 267.2. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 79% of crime in Sioux Lookout ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 82% of violent crime and 75% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Sioux Lookout
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: #854 of 862 in Ontario and #2,522 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 Sioux Lookout’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Sioux Lookout runs highest on drug offences (9.1 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (56.1 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (6.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7 | 1.2 | 96% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 25.3 | 4.2 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 9.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 35 | 5.8 | 65% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7.7 | 1.3 | 91% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 104.7 | 17.3 | 60% |
| Mischief | 92.7 | 15.3 | 51% |
| Weapons violations | 21.7 | 3.6 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 242.3 | 40.1 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 31 | 5.1 | 85% |
| Drug violations | 55 | 9.1 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 25.3 | 4.2 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Sioux Lookout is 39th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanark Highlands Ontario | 6,370 | 33.1 | 38.8 | A |
| 2 | Mildmay Ontario | 6,247 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Melfort Saskatchewan | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
| 37 | Cochrane Ontario | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
| 38 | Woodstock New Brunswick | 6,260 | 153.7 | 132.1 | D |
| 39 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 267.2 | 543.5 | D |
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Sioux Lookout in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Sioux Lookout recorded about 480 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 280 a year and other violations 540 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Sioux Lookout, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 276.8 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 250.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sioux Lookout | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 250.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 273.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 276.8 | 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 Sioux Lookout, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Sioux Lookout
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Lookout | 6,122 | 267.2 | 543.5 | D |
| Lac Seul 28 (24 km) | 1,076 | 547.7 | 1,097.5 | D− |
| Dryden (73 km) | 7,808 | 137.6 | 238.3 | D |
| Ignace (78 km) | 1,210 | 129.2 | 230.6 | D |
Sioux Lookout sits above 2 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Dryden, 72.7 km away, at 137.6 to 267.2 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Sioux Lookout has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 24–78 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Sioux Lookout
Is Sioux Lookout safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Sioux Lookout’s Crime Severity Index stands at 267.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 79.2 violent incidents and 45.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Sioux Lookout?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 73.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (56.1) and theft under $5,000 (17.3).
Is crime going up in Sioux Lookout?
It went down 9% between 2023 and 2025, from 276.8 to 250.9.
How much of Sioux Lookout’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 79% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 82% of violent and 75% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Sioux Lookout and nowhere else.
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).