Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Almonte has less crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
One of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Almonte’s violent half comes to 36.6 and its non-violent half to 25.9, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. Counting crime the police covering Almonte reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #64 of 862 in Ontario. What’s more, typical years here bring 6.6 violent incidents plus 12.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 Almonte
Lower than most of Ontario
Almonte’s index of 28.8 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Almonte’s index went from 32 in 2023 to 24.1 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Almonte places 2nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Almonte: A+ for safety, and why
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: #64 of 862 in Ontario and #72 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 Almonte, by type
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 13.3 | 0.8 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12 | 0.8 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.6 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 42.3 | 2.7 | 24% |
| Mischief | 42 | 2.6 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.3 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 12.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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.
Year by year in Almonte: down 25%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (32); 2025 was the lightest, at 24.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Almonte | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 30.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 32 | 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 Almonte, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Almonte is 2nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Almonte Ontario | 16,073 | 28.8 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Rockwood Ontario | 14,870 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Stayner Ontario | 16,571 | 31.5 | 35.3 | A |
| 5 | Central Elgin Ontario | 15,230 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 6 | Corunna Ontario | 15,872 | 32.2 | 38.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Campbellford Ontario | 15,103 | 37 | 48.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Severn Ontario | 15,716 | 41.7 | 48.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Ingersoll Ontario | 14,911 | 47.7 | 60.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Almonte in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 110 violent incidents a year reached Almonte’s police, 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 200 a year and other violations 55 (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 Almonte
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almonte | 16,073 | 28.8 | 36.6 | A+ |
| Corkery | 3,822 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Carleton Place | 14,837 | 61.2 | 94.7 | B− |
| Beckwith | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| Kinburn | 2,639 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Carp | 5,621 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Almonte. Closest is Beckwith, 14.9 km away, at 20.5 to 28.8 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Almonte
Is Almonte safe?
Its police recorded 6.6 violent incidents and 12.5 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Almonte a Crime Severity Index of 28.8. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Almonte?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (3.7) and theft under $5,000 (2.7).
Is crime going up in Almonte?
No: the index fell 25%, from 32 in 2023 to 24.1 in 2025.
How much of Almonte’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 36% of crime (67% of violent crime, 18% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Almonte 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).