Photo: SimonP at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Arnprior records less crime than 66% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 81.8 and other offences to 40.6, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. The yearly rates were 14.2 violent incidents and 20.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Even so, a Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Arnprior reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. The index held steady between 2023 (46.1) and 2025 (47.4).
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Arnprior detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Arnprior
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Arnprior stands 19th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 44% for Arnprior (60% violent, 33% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
About the Ontario norm
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 52.1 in Arnprior. 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’s behind Arnprior’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: #295 of 862 in Ontario and #570 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.
Crime in Arnprior, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Arnprior runs highest on fraud (6.5 per 1,000 against 5.1) and sexual assault (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.8). Break and enter and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14.7 | 1.3 | 43% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8 | 0.7 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 84.3 | 7.6 | 25% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 3.8 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 3.8 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 9.3 | 0.8 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.09 | — |
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.
The police area Arnprior is part of, 11,500 residents, recorded about 160 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.
Property crime adds about 230 a year and other violations 93 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Arnprior, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 62.8; 2023 was the lightest, at 46.1. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Arnprior | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 62.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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 Arnprior, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Arnprior places 19th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Millbrook Ontario | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| 4 | Adjala-Tosorontio Ontario | 11,948 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 17 | Montmagny Quebec | 11,326 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Mont-Tremblant Quebec | 11,879 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 19 | Arnprior Ontario | 11,459 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 20 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 21 | Penetanguishene Ontario | 11,141 | 56.4 | 92 | B |
| 22 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Arnprior in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Arnprior
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnprior | 11,459 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| McNab/Braeside | 8,340 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| Bristol | 1,151 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
| Kinburn | 2,639 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Fitzroy | 6,400 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Horton | 3,550 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
1 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Arnprior. Horton, 18.7 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 29.1 to 52.1. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Arnprior’s are shared with its surroundings.
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Arnprior
Is Arnprior safe?
Arnprior’s Crime Severity Index is 52.1 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 14.2 violent incidents and 20.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Arnprior?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 6.9 and fraud at 6.5.
Is crime going up in Arnprior?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 46.1 to 47.4.
How much of Arnprior’s crime do police solve?
About 44% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 60% of violent and 33% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Arnprior and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).