Photo: Boxcarphilly · CC BY 3.0Amaranth records less crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 22.1 and its non-violent half to 33.3, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Amaranth reported put it at A+ for safety: #89 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, typical years here bring 4.8 violent incidents plus 13.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 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 Amaranth
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Amaranth’s index of 29.9 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 22.1 on Amaranth’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 33.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Amaranth 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.
What sits behind Amaranth’s A+
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: #89 of 862 in Ontario and #110 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 Amaranth’s figures
Assault 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 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6.7 | 1.4 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 1.8 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 2% |
| Mischief | 9.7 | 2 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.7 | 1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 10.7 | 2.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Amaranth is 2nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Amaranth Ontario | 4,808 | 29.9 | 22.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 5 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Marmora Ontario | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Hastings Highlands Ontario | 4,957 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Tyendinaga Ontario | 5,005 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Amaranth in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Amaranth recorded about 23 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 64 property crimes and 24 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Amaranth’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 34.2, and its lowest 2025, at 26.8. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Amaranth | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 28.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34.2 | 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 Amaranth, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Amaranth
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 29.9 | 22.1 | A+ |
| Shelburne | 10,767 | 35.2 | 52.8 | A |
| Orangeville | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| Mono | 10,036 | 34.9 | 55.4 | A |
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| Melancthon | 3,581 | 68.8 | 125.9 | B− |
Amaranth sits above 2 of the 6 neighbours with figures of their own. The nearest of them, Grand Valley (13.6 km away), scores 26.4 against 29.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 4,808 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Amaranth
Is Amaranth safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Amaranth comes to 29.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 4.8 violent incidents and 13.5 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 Amaranth?
Top of the list is fraud (3.7 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 3.3, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 2.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Amaranth?
No: the index fell 22%, from 34.2 in 2023 to 26.8 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Amaranth’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 35% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 63% 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 Amaranth 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).