Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Alnwick/Haldimand has less crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 26.9 and 19.7. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 20.1 to 21.6. By contrast, a Safety Grade of A+ follows from crime the police covering Alnwick/Haldimand reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #27 of 862 in Ontario. Annual rates stand at 5.2 violent incidents and 8.4 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 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 Alnwick/Haldimand
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Alnwick/Haldimand, 21.6. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Alnwick/Haldimand comes 2nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 45% of crime in Alnwick/Haldimand ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 75% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Alnwick/Haldimand: 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: #27 of 862 in Ontario and #29 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.
Which crimes make up Alnwick/Haldimand’s figures
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 | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.3 | 0.7 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 12.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Mischief | 15 | 1.8 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 11 | 1.4 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8.7 | 1.1 | 95% |
| 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, Alnwick/Haldimand stands 2nd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 5 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 9 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| 10 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 11 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 360 | 345 | 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 Alnwick/Haldimand in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Alnwick/Haldimand’s police: about 42 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 68 property crimes and 32 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Alnwick/Haldimand, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 23.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 20.1. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Alnwick/Haldimand | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 23.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 20.1 | 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 Alnwick/Haldimand, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Alnwick/Haldimand
The places around Alnwick/Haldimand all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Alnwick/Haldimand
Is Alnwick/Haldimand safe?
With 5.2 violent incidents and 8.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Alnwick/Haldimand comes to 21.6 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Alnwick/Haldimand?
Most often it is fraud: 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 3.1 and other Criminal Code offences at 1.9.
Is crime going up in Alnwick/Haldimand?
It went up 7% between 2023 and 2025, from 20.1 to 21.6.
How much of Alnwick/Haldimand’s crime do police solve?
About 45% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 75% of violent and 30% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Alnwick/Haldimand 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).