Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Augusta has less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Augusta reported put it at A for safety: #120 of 862 in Ontario. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 41%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violence and property crime split as 7.7 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 40.2 for violence and 31.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8).
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 Augusta
Under the Ontario norm
Augusta’s index of 34 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Augusta stood at 38.9, by 2025 at 29.1. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Augusta places 8th 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’s behind Augusta’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: #120 of 862 in Ontario and #156 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 Augusta’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Augusta runs highest on sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief 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 | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14.3 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10 | 1.3 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.6 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21.3 | 2.7 | 13% |
| Mischief | 13.3 | 1.7 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.3 | 1.6 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9.3 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
In Augusta, down 25% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 38.9, and 2025 the lightest at 29.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Augusta | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 34 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 38.9 | 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 Augusta, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Augusta comes 8th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 6 | Chatsworth Ontario | 7,770 | 32 | 38.1 | A |
| 7 | Chesley Ontario | 7,639 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 8 | Augusta Ontario | 7,767 | 34 | 40.2 | A |
| 9 | North Stormont Ontario | 7,946 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 11 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Cardinal Ontario | 7,952 | 51.4 | 74.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | 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 Augusta in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Augusta’s police: about 60 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.
And about 97 property crimes, plus 35 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 Augusta
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 7,767 | 34 | 40.2 | A |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 111.5 | 167.1 | C− |
| Brockville | 23,720 | 100.1 | 126.6 | C− |
| Cardinal | 7,952 | 51.4 | 74.1 | B+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Augusta.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- 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. 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.
Questions about safety in Augusta
Is Augusta safe?
Augusta scores 34 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 7.7 violent incidents and 12.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Augusta?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (3.8) and theft under $5,000 (2.7).
Is crime going up in Augusta?
No: the index fell 25%, from 38.9 in 2023 to 29.1 in 2025.
How much of Augusta’s crime do police solve?
41%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 71% and non-violent crime at 26%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Augusta alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).