Photo: François Ruph · CC BY-SA 4.0Témiscaming has more crime per resident than 70% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of C follows from crime the police covering Témiscaming reported over the years 2023 to 2025. What’s more, recorded violent incidents ran at 20.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 19.7, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 130.7 and other offences to 64.5, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Témiscamingue MRC.
What stands out about safety in Témiscaming
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Témiscaming’s police clear 52%, 74% of violent crime and 33% of the rest. Questions ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 82.9 in Témiscaming. Towns its size ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Témiscaming records 4.6 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier than in 2023
From 78.2 in 2023 to 91.7 in 2025: that is Témiscaming’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C for Témiscaming, 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 Témiscaming, by type
Against the typical town its size, Témiscaming runs highest on break and enter (4.6 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (10.1 per 1,000 against 6.7). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11.3 | 0.7 | 86% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.7 | 0.4 | 64% |
| Other violent violations | 10 | 0.7 | 77% |
| Breaking and entering | 70.7 | 4.6 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23 | 1.5 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 74.3 | 4.8 | 20% |
| Mischief | 60 | 3.9 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 8.3 | 0.5 | 72% |
| Administration of justice violations | 105 | 6.8 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.7 | 0.5 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 30.3 | 2 | 50% |
| Impaired driving | 31.3 | 2 | 81% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 15.7 | 1 | 17% |
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.
Year by year in Témiscaming: up 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (91.7) and 2023 least (78.2). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Témiscaming | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 78.2 | 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 Témiscaming, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
15,300 residents, about 310 violent incidents a year: the police area Témiscaming belongs to, 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 300 a year and other violations 210 (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 Témiscaming
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Témiscaming | 2,301 | 82.9 | 130.7 | C |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part (31 km) | 1,843 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| North Bay (53 km) | 62,062 | 87.5 | 124.1 | C |
| Bonfield (54 km) | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| East Ferris (54 km) | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| Mattawa (54 km) | 2,193 | 81.5 | 146.1 | C |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 4 come in under Témiscaming. Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part, 30.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 63.1 to 82.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Témiscaming with figures are 31–54 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Témiscaming shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Témiscaming
Is Témiscaming safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Témiscaming comes to 82.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 20.3 violent incidents and 19.7 property crimes. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Témiscaming?
Most often it is assault: 10.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 8.2 and theft under $5,000 at 4.8.
Is crime going up in Témiscaming?
Yes: the index rose 17%, from 78.2 in 2023 to 91.7 in 2025.
How much of Témiscaming’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 52% of crime (74% of violent crime, 33% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Témiscaming 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).