Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns record less crime per resident than Bonfield
Its Safety Grade is A+, on crime the police covering Bonfield reported from 2023 to 2025: #27 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 39.2 and 18.6. In a usual year, 6.5 violent incidents and 7.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. On top of that, among its 3 neighbours with figures, only one records 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 Bonfield
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Bonfield scores 24.3. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Bonfield’s police clear 55%, 73% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Bonfield is 1st of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Bonfield’s index splits into violent crime, 39.2 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 18.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
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 Bonfield’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: #27 of 862 in Ontario and #29 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.
Bonfield is 1st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| 3 | Dufferin Manitoba | 2,587 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| 4 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Brooke-Alvinston Ontario | 2,557 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Bonfield in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
What police record in Bonfield, by type
Assault and fraud 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 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 2 | 0.8 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 4.3 | 1.7 | — |
| Mischief | 3.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.3 | 1.7 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 2.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Police in Bonfield recorded about 17 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.
And about 18 property crimes, plus 14 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Three years of Bonfield’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 27.4; the lightest was 2025, at 19.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bonfield | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 25.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 27.4 | 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 Bonfield, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Bonfield
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonfield | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| East Ferris | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| Chisholm | 1,593 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| Callander | 4,021 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Bonfield. East Ferris, 10 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 17.7 to 24.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. With roughly 2,597 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.”
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. 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.
Questions about safety in Bonfield
Is Bonfield safe?
The short answer is an index of 24.3 for Bonfield (2023–2025), built from 6.5 violent incidents and 7 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. 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 Bonfield?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 3.4 and fraud at 2.4.
Is crime going up in Bonfield?
No: the index fell 28%, from 27.4 in 2023 to 19.6 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Bonfield’s crime do police solve?
About 55% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 73% of violent and 36% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Bonfield 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).