Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainObedjiwan 28 records more crime per resident than 98% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 846.3 and other offences for 229.9, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Its police logs show 177.6 violent incidents and 62.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers are 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.
What stands out about safety in Obedjiwan 28
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Obedjiwan 28 records 20.7 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 846.3 on Obedjiwan 28’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 229.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Over the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Obedjiwan 28 scores 403.5. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 63% of crime in Obedjiwan 28 ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 62% of violent crime and 65% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D− for Obedjiwan 28
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.
Which crimes make up Obedjiwan 28’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Obedjiwan 28 runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (15.6 per 1,000 against 0.05), drug offences (20.7 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (15.6 per 1,000 against 0.8). 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 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15.7 | 7.5 | 76% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.3 | 11.1 | 42% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 4.1 | 46% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 13.7 | 6.6 | 51% |
| Mischief | 79 | 37.4 | 40% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 2.9 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 31.3 | 14.9 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.3 | 7.8 | 80% |
| Drug violations | 43.3 | 20.7 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
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.
About 370 violent incidents a year reached Obedjiwan 28’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 130 a year and other violations 110 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Obedjiwan 28’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (570.8); the lightest was 2023 (293.7). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Obedjiwan 28 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 570.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 345.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 293.7 | 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 Obedjiwan 28, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Obedjiwan 28
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obedjiwan 28 | 2,139 | 403.5 | 846.3 | D− |
| Communauté de Wemotaci (120 km) | 1,296 | 251.9 | 552 | D |
| Chapais (125 km) | 1,392 | 128.7 | 264.7 | D |
| Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (136 km) | 1,225 | 166.4 | 274.8 | D |
| Waswanipi (137 km) | 1,866 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| Chibougamau (145 km) | 7,273 | 128.7 | 264.7 | D |
The places around Obedjiwan 28 all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Communauté de Wemotaci (119.8 km away), scores 251.9 against 403.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 120–145 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Obedjiwan 28.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. The police behind these figures serve about 2,139 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Obedjiwan 28
Is Obedjiwan 28 safe?
Obedjiwan 28 scores 403.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 177.6 violent incidents and 62.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Obedjiwan 28?
Top of the list is assault (114.4 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 37.4, and other Criminal Code offences, at 27.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Obedjiwan 28?
Yes: the index rose 94%, from 293.7 in 2023 to 570.8 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Obedjiwan 28’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 63% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 62% of violent and 65% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Obedjiwan 28 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).