Fewer OPP calls for service in Sioux Lookout in 2025
For a second straight year, property crime in Sioux Lookout has dropped.
Provincial Police say it fell 18.2% in 2025, following a 12 percent reduction the year before.
Detachment Commander Inspector Mike Kreisz says fewer incidents, such as break-ins and mischief, have aided in the decline.
“We continue to see an increase in private home video security systems, which we believe does reduce the risk to property crime,” says Kreisz.
“Mischiefs are also down with 59 in 2025 versus 80 in 2024, and we also attribute, at least in part, some of this decrease to private video surveillance, as well as the good work that our partners in private security have been doing in their patrols to deter mischief and other property crimes.”
Violent crime experienced an 8.6% increase, impacted by 22.1% increase in the number of assaults.
Kreisz says a majority were identified as Intimate Partner Violence, but says the increase reflects more of how police are categorizing assaults for reporting purposes.
“Part of this increase would be the focus of our Detachment Abuse Issues Investigator in correctly tying these occurrences to domestic violence and domestic issues,” says Kreisz.
“It’s more of a reclassification.”
He adds that sexual assaults are continuing to trend down, with 35 last year, compared to 41 in 2024.
Youth crime dropped significantly, with police called to 29 incidents compared to 96 in 2024.
Kreisz says it is an area they will monitor closely.
“I did look into the occurrences and noted that several of our young people who did receive a number of charges are now no longer in the community of Sioux Lookout, and some of them have also become adults.”
“That could be part of it, but it’s certainly something we’re going to continue to monitor because that is quite the reduction.”
Sioux Lookout saw an 11.9% increase in drug cases, with 35 related to drug possession and 31 to drug-trafficking.
There were 14 drug overdose cases, one of which led to a death. In 2024, there were 20 incidents and 2 deaths.
On the roads, there were 114 motor vehicle collisions in 2025, which resulted in one fatality and 22 others being injured.
A third of those accidents occurred in the last few months of the year.
“A lot of the motor vehicle collisions that we see, they can be reduced through more attentive driving and adhering to the posted speed limits,” says Kreisz.
Police responded to a total of 4,875 calls, a drop of just over 400 from 2024.
Officers spent 2,633 hours patrolling the community, increasing foot patrols and spending more time in local schools.
