Hudson Bay has more crime per resident than 63% of Canadian towns
The grade is C+, built on crime the police covering Hudson Bay reported from 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 103.5 and other offences to 65.1, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Its police logs show 14.6 violent incidents and 33.4 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Hudson Bay detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Hudson Bay
Mischief: high for a town its size
Hudson Bay records 15.5 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 ↓
Below Saskatchewan’s typical town
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Hudson Bay, 75.6. 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.
The grade: C+ for Hudson Bay
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.
Hudson Bay’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Hudson Bay runs highest on mischief (15.5 per 1,000 against 4.2) and fraud (6.4 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 | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 16 | 3.3 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 29.7 | 6.1 | 25% |
| Mischief | 75.7 | 15.5 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 34 | 7 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14.3 | 2.9 | 37% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
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 people or more.
The police area Hudson Bay is part of, 4,860 residents, recorded about 71 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 160 a year and other violations 77 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Hudson Bay’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 111.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 56.7 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hudson Bay | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 111.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 59 | 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 Hudson Bay, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Hudson Bay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Bay | 1,391 | 75.6 | 103.5 | C+ |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 (6 km) | 1,116 | 75.6 | 103.5 | C+ |
| Moose Range No. 486 (92 km) | 1,047 | 194.7 | 352.1 | D |
| Preeceville No. 334 (100 km) | 1,043 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Preeceville (101 km) | 1,046 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Tisdale (111 km) | 3,052 | 123.4 | 132.5 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Hudson Bay. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 6–111 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Hudson Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A small police area. About 4,855 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Hudson Bay together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Hudson Bay
Is Hudson Bay safe?
Hudson Bay’s Crime Severity Index is 75.6 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 14.6 violent incidents and 33.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Hudson Bay?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 15.5, other Criminal Code offences at 11.2 and assault at 7.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Hudson Bay?
The index stayed close to where it was, 59 in 2023 and 56.7 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Hudson Bay’s crime do police solve?
About 33% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 42% of violent and 30% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Hudson Bay and everywhere else it polices.
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).