Photo: Canadian Postcard Company · Public domainAmherstburg records more crime per resident than 65% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 11.9 violent incidents and 39.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5. Even so, its Safety Grade is C+, on crime the police covering Amherstburg reported from 2023 to 2025: #748 of 862 in Ontario. Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 78.6 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 66.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Windsor service area.
What stands out about safety in Amherstburg
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Amherstburg records 4.1 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Amherstburg stands 32nd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 78.6 in Amherstburg. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Amherstburg moved from 84.3 to 71.5, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Amherstburg’s C+ for safety
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: #748 of 862 in Ontario and #1,604 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.
Amherstburg’s index fell 15% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 84.3 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 71.5 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Amherstburg | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 79.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 84.3 | 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 Amherstburg, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Amherstburg is 32nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 27 | 31.5 | A+ |
| 3 | Tecumseh Ontario | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Kingsville Ontario | 25,302 | 29.8 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Squamish British Columbia | 28,578 | 69.7 | 62.3 | C+ |
| 30 | Kingston Nova Scotia | 24,574 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 31 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| 32 | Amherstburg Ontario | 27,509 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| 33 | Conception Bay South Newfoundland and Labrador | 29,725 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 34 | Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador | 26,155 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 35 | Mount Pearl Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,266 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Fort St. John British Columbia | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | 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 Amherstburg in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Which crimes make up Amherstburg’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Amherstburg runs highest on break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.2), theft under $5,000 (19.9 per 1,000 against 11.8) and mischief (5.3 per 1,000 against 3.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 82.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 58.3 | 0.2 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 50 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Robbery | 185.3 | 0.6 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 47.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 53 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,184.3 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 130.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 687 | 2.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 133.7 | 0.5 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,783.7 | 19.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 1,554.3 | 5.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 82.7 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,731.3 | 5.9 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 160.3 | 0.6 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 119 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Impaired driving | 258 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.04 | 64% |
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.
Around 3,470 violent incidents a year in the 297,100-resident police area around Amherstburg, 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.
And about 11,500 property crimes, plus 2,650 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Amherstburg
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherstburg | 27,509 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| LaSalle | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| Essex | 23,872 | 37.3 | 63.2 | A |
| Roseland | 20,587 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
Amherstburg has the highest index of the places around it. Just 14.3 km away, LaSalle comes to 22.9, against 78.6. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One service, several municipalities. The service that polices Amherstburg reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
Questions about safety in Amherstburg
Is Amherstburg safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Amherstburg scores 78.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 11.9 violent and 39.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Amherstburg?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 19.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 7 and assault at 6.8.
Is crime going up in Amherstburg?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 84.3 to 71.5.
How much of Amherstburg’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 41%: 74% for violent crime and 25% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Amherstburg together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).