Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Strong than in 93% of Canadian towns
Police cleared 41% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Strong reported put it at A for safety. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 34.7 and 32.3. In a usual year, 5.4 violent incidents and 13.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2.
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 Huntsville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Strong
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Seasonal homes make up about 31% of Strong’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Below Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Strong, 32.8. 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.
Inside Strong’s A for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 50 km off, which covers its own area rather than Strong.
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 Strong, by type
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 | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 1.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15 | 3.4 | 2% |
| Mischief | 12.3 | 2.8 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 18 | 4.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
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.
Around 24 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Strong (4,440 residents), 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.
Add about 59 property crimes and 36 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Strong’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 38, with 2025 the lightest at 27.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Strong | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 38 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 33 | 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 Strong, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Strong
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong | 1,624 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Sundridge | 1,056 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| South River | 1,211 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| Burk's Falls | 1,031 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Armour | 1,698 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Magnetawan | 1,888 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small numbers. With roughly 4,442 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.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Strong
Is Strong safe?
Statistics Canada puts Strong at 32.8 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 5.4 and property crimes at 13.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Strong?
Police record Criminal Code traffic offences most, 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (4.6) and theft under $5,000 (3.4).
Is crime going up in Strong?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 18%, to 27.2 from 33. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Strong’s crime do police solve?
About 41% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 73% of violent and 26% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Strong 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).