Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.0Wikwemikong Unceded has more crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Its violent half comes to 762.6 and its non-violent half to 516.3, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Typical years here bring 102.7 violent incidents plus 141.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. On the record of crime the police covering Wikwemikong Unceded reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety.
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 Wikwemikong Unceded
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Wikwemikong Unceded records 34 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 ↓
Over the Ontario norm
Wikwemikong Unceded’s index of 583.1 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 52% of Wikwemikong Unceded’s crime, weighted by seriousness (80% of violent crime, 36% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Wikwemikong Unceded: D− for safety, and why
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 to 10,000 people.
Wikwemikong Unceded’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Wikwemikong Unceded runs highest on drug offences (34 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (31.8 per 1,000 against 2.8) and sexual assault (10.4 per 1,000 against 0.9).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 1.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.7 | — |
| Robbery | 5.7 | 2 | 88% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 92.3 | 31.8 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 1.8 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29 | 10 | 73% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 2.4 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 124 | 42.7 | 40% |
| Mischief | 120.7 | 41.5 | 46% |
| Weapons violations | 14 | 4.8 | 62% |
| Administration of justice violations | 106.3 | 36.6 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22 | 7.6 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 99 | 34 | 24% |
| Impaired driving | 34 | 11.7 | 89% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3.3 | 1.1 | — |
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Police in Wikwemikong Unceded recorded about 300 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 410 a year and other violations 330 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The index in Wikwemikong Unceded, each year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (633.2) and 2025 the trough (547.3). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wikwemikong Unceded | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 547.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 633.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 568.9 | 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 Wikwemikong Unceded, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Wikwemikong Unceded
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikwemikong Unceded | 2,875 | 583.1 | 762.6 | D− |
| Assiginack (9 km) | 1,137 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| Little Current (26 km) | 2,764 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| Central Manitoulin (37 km) | 2,386 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers (49 km) | 3,412 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Wikwemikong Unceded. Closest is Assiginack, 8.8 km away, at 81.9 to 583.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Wikwemikong Unceded with figures are 9–49 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 2,880 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Wikwemikong Unceded
Is Wikwemikong Unceded safe?
Its police recorded 102.7 violent incidents and 141.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Wikwemikong Unceded a Crime Severity Index of 583.1. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Wikwemikong Unceded?
Assault is the most common, at 66.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (61.6) and theft under $5,000 (42.7).
Is crime going up in Wikwemikong Unceded?
Barely: 568.9 in 2023, 547.3 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Wikwemikong Unceded’s crime do police solve?
About 52% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 80% of violent and 36% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Wikwemikong Unceded’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).