Temiskaming Shores Crime Statistics

Ontario · Statistics Canada 2025 · updated 2026-10-13

CrimeMaps has no incident-level map for Temiskaming Shores: its police service does not publish open incident data. These are the official annual police-reported statistics from Statistics Canada.

2025 incidents639 (down 16.0% vs 2024)
Rate per 100,0006,299.3 (population 10,140)
Violent incidents166 (1,636.4 per 100K)
Property incidents236 (2,326.5 per 100K)
Crime Severity Index 202567.6 (violent 83.1)
Cleared by police65.9%
vs Ontario37.5% higher rate (4,581.7 per 100K)

Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported incidents (Uniform Crime Reporting Survey), Temiskaming (Temiskaming Shores) OPP. Annual figures; 2025 is the latest published year.

Year by year

YearIncidentsPer 100KViolentPropertyCSI
20256396,299.316623667.6
20247617,471.821231580.8
20237467,278.817834488.1
20227327,144.916332280.2
20217997,958.216932882.5
20206236,200.212429581.3
20197937,974.716629084.4
20186806,765.517621869.3
20176176,082.414127161.3
20161,04310,332.9223463118.6

Offences in 2025

OffenceIncidentsPer 100Kvs 2024
Assault81798.5down 16.5%
Fraud and identity crime76749.2up 33.3%
Theft (non-vehicle)63621.0down 43.8%
Mischief56552.0down 25.3%
Break and enter24236.6down 38.5%
Shoplifting20197.2down 45.9%
Sexual assault14138.0down 22.2%
Impaired driving13128.2down 50.0%
Motor vehicle theft12118.3down 47.8%
Drug violations11108.4up 10.0%
Theft from vehicle878.9down 11.1%
Weapons violations439.4down 55.6%
Robbery219.7unchanged

Temiskaming Shores crime overview

Essay updated 2026-10-04 · figures above are Statistics Canada 2025

TL;DR. In 2025, the Temiskaming (Temiskaming Shores) OPP detachment reported 639 incidents, a rate of 6,299.3 per 100,000 population. Total incidents fell 16% from 761 in 2024. The most common offence was assault with 81 incidents.

About this data

Temiskaming Shores is policed by the Temiskaming (Temiskaming Shores) OPP detachment, and the figures here are official annual statistics from Statistics Canada for that police service. They cover police-reported incidents, meaning incidents that came to police attention, and not every crime is reported. In the latest year, 2025, which Statistics Canada published the following July, there were 639 incidents, a rate of 6,299.3 per 100,000 population. That rate is based on a population of 10,140.

Recent trend

The total of 639 incidents in 2025 was down from 761 in 2024, a fall of 16%. Since 2016, when there were 1,043 incidents, the total fell 38.7% and the rate per 100,000 population fell 39%. The peak in 2016 to 2025 was 1,043 incidents in 2016, and the lowest was 617 incidents in 2017. Violent incidents fell 21.7% compared with 2024, while property incidents fell 25.1%.

Category breakdown

Of the 639 incidents in 2025, 166 were violent, or 26% of the total, and 236 were property incidents, or 36.9% of the total. The most reported offences were assault with 81 incidents, or 12.7% of the total, which fell 16.5% from 97 in 2024, and fraud and identity crime with 76 incidents, or 11.9% of the total, which rose 33.3% from 57 in 2024. Theft (non-vehicle) accounted for 63 incidents, or 9.9% of the total, which fell 43.7% from 112 in 2024, and mischief accounted for 56 incidents, or 8.8% of the total, which fell 25.3% from 75 in 2024. Uttering threats and break and enter each accounted for 24 incidents, or 3.8% of the total, falling 44.2% from 43 and 38.5% from 39 in 2024, while shoplifting fell 45.9% to 20 incidents, or 3.1% of the total, and criminal harassment fell 26.1% to 17 incidents, or 2.7% of the total. The crime severity index for 2025 was 67.64, with a violent crime severity index of 83.09, compared with 80.79 in 2024, where the index weights offences by seriousness.

What this means

In 2025, the total rate of 6,299.3 per 100,000 population was 37.5% higher than the Ontario rate of 4,581.7 per 100,000 population. The violent rate of 1,636.4 per 100,000 population was 51.8% higher than the Ontario rate of 1,077.8, while the property rate of 2,326.5 was 10.5% lower than the Ontario rate of 2,599.6. These annual police-reported figures do not show where incidents occurred within the city, and differences can reflect reporting practices as well as occurrence. Statistics Canada publishes each year's data the following July, so 2025 is the latest year available.

FAQ

What is the crime rate in Temiskaming Shores?
In the latest year, 2025, the Temiskaming (Temiskaming Shores) OPP detachment reported 639 incidents, for a rate of 6,299.3 per 100,000 population. This included 166 violent incidents and 236 property incidents. Violent offences accounted for 26% of total incidents and property offences for 36.9%.

Is crime going up or down in Temiskaming Shores?
Total incidents fell 16% from 761 in 2024 to 639 in 2025. Violent incidents fell 21.7% and property incidents fell 25.1% over the same period. Since 2016, when 1,043 incidents were reported, total incidents fell 38.7%.

What is the most common crime in Temiskaming Shores?
The most common offence in the latest year was assault with 81 incidents, or 12.7% of total incidents, at a rate of 798.5 per 100,000 population. Next were fraud and identity crime with 76 incidents and theft (non-vehicle) with 63 incidents. Assault fell 16.5% from 97 in 2024, while fraud and identity crime rose 33.3% from 57 in 2024.

How does Temiskaming Shores compare with Ontario?
Ontario had a total rate of 4,581.7 per 100,000 population, compared with 6,299.3 per 100,000 population in Temiskaming Shores. The total rate was 37.5% above the provincial rate and the violent rate was 51.8% above the provincial rate. The property rate was 10.5% below the provincial rate, which was 2,599.6 per 100,000 population.

Where do these numbers come from?
These are official annual statistics from Statistics Canada's Uniform Crime Reporting Survey for the Temiskaming (Temiskaming Shores) OPP detachment for 2016–2025. Police-reported means incidents that came to police attention, and not every crime is reported. Statistics Canada publishes each year's data the following July.

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