Per resident, Sundridge records less crime than nine in ten Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 34.7 and 32.3. Its Safety Grade is A, on crime the police covering Sundridge reported from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 5.4 violent incidents and 13.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. About 41% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for 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. Shared with the rest of the Huntsville detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Sundridge
Under the Ontario norm
Sundridge’s index of 32.8 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 Sundridge’s A for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Sundridge itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 53 km away.
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.
Around 24 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Sundridge (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.
And about 59 property crimes, plus 36 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Sundridge’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 38; 2025 was lightest, at 27.2. 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 | Sundridge | 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 Sundridge, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Which crimes make up Sundridge’s figures
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.
Crime in the places around Sundridge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundridge | 1,056 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Strong | 1,624 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| South River | 1,211 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| Burk's Falls | 1,031 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Magnetawan | 1,888 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. 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.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Sundridge
Is Sundridge safe?
Its police recorded 5.4 violent incidents and 13.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Sundridge a Crime Severity Index of 32.8. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Sundridge?
Top of the list is Criminal Code traffic offences (5.1 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 4.6, and theft under $5,000, at 3.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Sundridge?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 18%, to 27.2 from 33. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Sundridge’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 41%: 73% for violent crime and 26% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sundridge 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).