Photo: Julius177 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Sturgeon Falls records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 82.7 and other offences for 61.1, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Sturgeon Falls at B− (#630 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 65.8 to 58.1. The yearly rates were 13.4 violent incidents and 27.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 Sturgeon Falls
More crime solved
Police cleared 51% of Sturgeon Falls’s crime, weighted by seriousness (80% of violent crime, 36% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Sturgeon Falls records 1.5 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Sturgeon Falls places 23rd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Sturgeon Falls’s index of 66.8 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. 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 Sturgeon Falls’s B− for safety
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: #630 of 862 in Ontario and #1,144 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Sturgeon Falls’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Sturgeon Falls runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8), drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.8) and fraud (6.5 per 1,000 against 5.1). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.4 | 83% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9 | 0.5 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 37 | 2.2 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 19.7 | 1.2 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 20.7 | 1.3 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 188.7 | 11.4 | 25% |
| Mischief | 74.3 | 4.5 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 0.7 | 63% |
| Administration of justice violations | 126 | 7.6 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.9 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 21 | 1.3 | 73% |
| Impaired driving | 17.7 | 1.1 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Sturgeon Falls, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 76.6 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 58.1 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sturgeon Falls | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 76.6 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 65.8 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Sturgeon Falls, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Sturgeon Falls comes 23rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Almonte Ontario | 16,073 | 28.8 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Stayner Ontario | 16,571 | 31.5 | 35.3 | A |
| 4 | Central Elgin Ontario | 15,230 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Oakbank Manitoba | 17,494 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 21 | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec | 17,876 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| 22 | Strathmore Alberta | 16,416 | 66.8 | 78.9 | B− |
| 23 | Sturgeon Falls Ontario | 16,682 | 66.8 | 82.7 | B− |
| 24 | Lake Country British Columbia | 17,637 | 67.1 | 59.9 | B− |
| 25 | Saint-Charles-Borromée Quebec | 16,904 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 26 | Cowansville Quebec | 17,269 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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 Sturgeon Falls in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 220 violent incidents a year reached Sturgeon Falls’s police, 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 450 a year and other violations 220 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Sturgeon Falls
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Falls | 16,682 | 66.8 | 82.7 | B− |
| St.-Charles (32 km) | 1,654 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| Markstay-Warren (40 km) | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| North Bay (42 km) | 62,062 | 87.5 | 124.1 | C |
| French River / Rivière des Français (43 km) | 3,178 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part (48 km) | 1,843 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
Nearby, 4 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Sturgeon Falls. Just 32.3 km away, St.-Charles comes to 49.3, against 66.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 32–48 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sturgeon Falls.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Sturgeon Falls
Is Sturgeon Falls safe?
Its police recorded 13.4 violent incidents and 27.5 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Sturgeon Falls a Crime Severity Index of 66.8. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Sturgeon Falls?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 11.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (10.2) and fraud (6.5).
Is crime going up in Sturgeon Falls?
The reverse: 65.8 in 2023 came down to 58.1 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of Sturgeon Falls’s crime do police solve?
51%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 80% and non-violent crime at 36%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Sturgeon Falls 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).