Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Alexandria sees less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 8.0 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. What’s more, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 39.2 in 2023 to 34.4 by 2025. Graded on crime the police covering Alexandria reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #162 of 862 in Ontario. Split in two, the index gives 47.2 for violence and 33.1 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Alexandria
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Alexandria comes 4th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Ontario
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Alexandria, 36.9. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Alexandria’s police clear 43%, 74% of violent crime and 26% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Alexandria’s grade
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: #162 of 862 in Ontario and #213 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Alexandria, by type
Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 15.3 | 0.2 | 87% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.10 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 71% |
| Breaking and entering | 85.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 109.7 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 48 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 255.7 | 3.5 | 17% |
| Mischief | 171.3 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 18 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 196.7 | 2.7 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 24.7 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 26.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 68.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.06 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Alexandria places 4th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Quebec | 10,147 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Shelburne Ontario | 10,767 | 35.2 | 52.8 | A |
| 3 | Thornbury Ontario | 11,162 | 36.5 | 46.3 | A |
| 4 | Alexandria Ontario | 10,772 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 5 | Contrecoeur Quebec | 10,708 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Saint-Zotique Quebec | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 7 | Pont-Rouge Quebec | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 10 | Walkerton Ontario | 10,811 | 47.4 | 56.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Seaforth Ontario | 10,402 | 49.1 | 67.1 | B+ |
| 14 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands Ontario | 10,185 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | 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 Alexandria in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Alexandria, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 39.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 34.4 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Alexandria | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 37.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Alexandria, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
72,300 residents, about 580 violent incidents a year: the police area Alexandria belongs to, 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 1,040 a year and other violations 420 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Alexandria
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 10,772 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| South Glengarry (21 km) | 14,355 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Rivière-Beaudette (28 km) | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Polycarpe (29 km) | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Vankleek Hill (30 km) | 9,321 | 44.6 | 56.6 | A− |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur (30 km) | 1,163 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Alexandria. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Alexandria with figures are 21–30 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Alexandria is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Alexandria
Is Alexandria safe?
The short answer is an index of 36.9 for Alexandria (2023–2025), built from 8 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Alexandria?
Police record fraud most, 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (3.8) and assault (3.6).
Is crime going up in Alexandria?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 39.2 to 34.4.
How much of Alexandria’s crime do police solve?
About 43% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 74% of violent and 26% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Alexandria 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).