Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Thessalon sees less crime per resident than 60% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 18.2 violent incidents and 21.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+). Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 55.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 67.2. Add to that, that puts it at B for safety, judged on crime the police covering Thessalon reported from 2023 to 2025.
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 Thessalon
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Thessalon’s police clear 55%, 76% of violent crime and 33% of the rest. Questions ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Thessalon scores 55.2. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Thessalon’s index splits into violent crime, 97 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 39 against 62.8. By type ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Thessalon records 7.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The B for Thessalon, and how it is built
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 Thessalon, by type
Against the typical town its size, Thessalon runs highest on mischief (7.4 per 1,000 against 4.2) and fraud (7.1 per 1,000 against 5.1). 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 | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.7 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 12% |
| Mischief | 10 | 7.4 | 37% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 10 | 7.4 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 1.3 | 1 | — |
| 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 people or more.
Thessalon’s police: about 25 violent incidents a year over 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 29 property crimes, plus 18 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Thessalon, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 58.4, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 51.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Thessalon | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 58.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 55.6 | 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 Thessalon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Thessalon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thessalon | 1,363 | 55.2 | 97 | B |
| Huron Shores (16 km) | 2,030 | 43.6 | 67.9 | A− |
| St. Joseph (39 km) | 1,560 | 302.3 | 509 | D− |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional (44 km) | 1,771 | 302.3 | 509 | D− |
| Laird (44 km) | 1,221 | 36.2 | 57.2 | A |
| Blind River (47 km) | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Thessalon. Just 15.7 km away, Huron Shores comes to 43.6, against 55.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Thessalon has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–47 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 1,363 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. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Thessalon
Is Thessalon safe?
Thessalon measures 55.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 18.2 violent incidents and 21.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Thessalon?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 10.1, mischief at 7.4 and fraud at 7.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Thessalon?
The reverse: 55.6 in 2023 came down to 51.6 by 2025, 7% lower. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Thessalon’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 55% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 76% of violent and 33% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
They are Thessalon’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).