Photo: Peter Giesbrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Aylmer than in 70% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 63.6 and other offences for 43.5, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Police counts work out at 10.5 violent incidents and 20.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. What’s more, on crime the police covering Aylmer reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #267 of 862 in Ontario. 3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Aylmer
More crime solved
Police cleared 54% of Aylmer’s crime, weighted by seriousness (75% of violent crime, 41% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Aylmer places 17th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Ontario middle
Aylmer’s index of 49 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. 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.
The B+ for Aylmer, and how it is built
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: #267 of 862 in Ontario and #502 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.
Aylmer’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Aylmer runs highest on drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.9) and fraud (5.6 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 11 | 1.3 | 55% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.3 | 0.8 | 37% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 71 | 8.6 | 25% |
| Mischief | 24 | 2.9 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 36.7 | 4.4 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 0.8 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 9 | 1.1 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 23.7 | 2.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
About 86 violent incidents a year reached Aylmer’s police, 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 170 property crimes and 96 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Aylmer is 17th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | 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 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 15 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,412 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 16 | Haliburton Village Ontario | 8,100 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 17 | Aylmer Ontario | 8,371 | 49 | 63.6 | B+ |
| 18 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley British Columbia | 8,415 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 19 | Argyle Nova Scotia | 8,216 | 52.1 | 68.3 | B+ |
| 20 | McNab/Braeside Ontario | 8,340 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Aylmer in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Aylmer: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (51.4) and 2025 the trough (47.3). 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 | Aylmer | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 51.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.3 | 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 Aylmer, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Aylmer
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylmer | 8,371 | 49 | 63.6 | B+ |
| Malahide | 9,995 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| Central Elgin | 15,230 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| Bayham | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| St. Thomas | 49,388 | 65.2 | 72.6 | B− |
Nearby, 3 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Aylmer. Just 1.7 km away, Malahide comes to 31.5, against 49.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Aylmer
Is Aylmer safe?
Aylmer measures 49 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.5 violent incidents and 20.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Aylmer?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (6.8) and fraud (5.6).
Is crime going up in Aylmer?
Not much: the index went from 48.3 in 2023 to 47.3 in 2025.
How much of Aylmer’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 75% of violent crime and 41% of everything else, 54% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Aylmer 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).