Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Wicklow than in 82% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 122.4 and other offences for 104.7, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, 19.6 violent incidents and 39.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The grade is C−, built on crime the police covering Wicklow reported from 2023 to 2025.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Western Valley Region detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Wicklow
Mischief: high for a town its size
Wicklow records 12.3 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Wicklow moved from 136 to 100.1, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Heavier than New Brunswick’s middle
Wicklow’s index of 109.1 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 23% for Wicklow (46% violent, 13% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Wicklow’s C−
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 9 km off, which covers its own area rather than Wicklow.
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.
Wicklow’s index fell 26% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 136 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 91.2 in 2024. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wicklow | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 91.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 136 | 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 Wicklow, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Wicklow, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Wicklow runs highest on mischief (12.3 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5.9 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (3.8 per 1,000 against 2.4). 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 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 10 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10 | 0.4 | 27% |
| Breaking and entering | 132.7 | 5.9 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 58.7 | 2.6 | 26% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 86 | 3.8 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15 | 0.7 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 126 | 5.6 | 8% |
| Mischief | 277 | 12.3 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.7 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 100.3 | 4.4 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 41.7 | 1.9 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 17 | 0.8 | 41% |
| Impaired driving | 48.7 | 2.2 | 41% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
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 detachment nearest Wicklow, 23,100 residents: around 440 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.
Add about 880 property crimes and 420 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Wicklow
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wicklow | 1,558 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| Florenceville-Bristol | 1,583 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| Kent | 2,028 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| Wilmot | 1,057 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| Peel | 1,176 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Wicklow
Is Wicklow safe?
Its police recorded 19.6 violent incidents and 39 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Wicklow a Crime Severity Index of 109.1. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Wicklow?
Police record mischief most, 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (11.3) and assault (8.5).
Is crime going up in Wicklow?
Down 26%: 136 in 2023, 100.1 in 2025.
How much of Wicklow’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 23% of crime (46% of violent crime, 13% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Wicklow 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).