Photo: WoodstockTourism · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Woodstock records more crime than nine in ten Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 132.1 and other offences to 163.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Annual rates stand at 24.8 violent incidents and 58.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Woodstock reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #2,472 of 2,572 Canadian towns. Add to that, each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Woodstock
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Woodstock records 10.2 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
Woodstock’s index of 153.7 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Woodstock places 36th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Woodstock scores 132.1 for violence and 163.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Woodstock, 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.
Its place: #2,472 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Woodstock, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Woodstock runs highest on break and enter (10.2 per 1,000 against 2.8), drug offences (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.7) and mischief (11.8 per 1,000 against 4.9).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 62.3 | 10.2 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9 | 1.5 | 78% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31.7 | 5.1 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 127.7 | 20.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 72.7 | 11.8 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 1.3 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 96.3 | 15.7 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.3 | 2.7 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 11.3 | 1.8 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 24.3 | 3.9 | 84% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Woodstock stands 36th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glencoe Ontario | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| 34 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| 35 | Melfort Saskatchewan | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
| 36 | Woodstock New Brunswick | 6,260 | 153.7 | 132.1 | D |
| 37 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 267.2 | 543.5 | D |
| 38 | Petrolia Ontario | 6,422 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 39 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 352.9 | 639.7 | D− |
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Woodstock in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Woodstock’s police: about 150 violent incidents a year over 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 360 property crimes and 210 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Woodstock’s index dropped 5%
Crime Severity Index
From 156.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 148.3 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Woodstock | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 156.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 156.5 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Woodstock, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Woodstock
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock | 6,260 | 153.7 | 132.1 | D |
| Woodstock | 2,371 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| Northampton | 1,981 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| Wakefield | 2,749 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| Richmond | 1,516 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| Hartland | 1,025 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Woodstock. Woodstock, 3.4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 81.7 to 153.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Woodstock
Is Woodstock safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Woodstock comes to 153.7. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 24.8 violent incidents and 58 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Woodstock?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 22.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (20.8) and assault (13.7).
Is crime going up in Woodstock?
The reverse: 156.5 in 2023 came down to 148.3 by 2025, 5% lower.
How much of Woodstock’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 37% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 72% of violent crime and 27% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Woodstock and nowhere else.
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).