Photo: BrockvilleFact · CC BY-SA 4.0Brockville records more crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
All 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Brockville’s letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Brockville reported over 2023 to 2025: #810 of 862 in Ontario. Police counts work out at 26.3 violent incidents and 42.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5. Of the two halves, violence comes to 126.6 and other offences to 90.3, beside norms of 89.4 and 56.
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 Brockville
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Brockville’s police clear 58%, 80% of violent crime and 46% of the rest. Questions ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Brockville records 1.8 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Brockville’s index of 100.1 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Brockville places 34th 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.
Inside Brockville’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: #810 of 862 in Ontario and #1,936 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.
Brockville is 34th 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+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Embrun Ontario | 23,655 | 26.9 | 39.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 27 | 31.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | White Rock British Columbia | 25,057 | 82.6 | 87.2 | C |
| 32 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 Alberta | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 33 | Steinbach Manitoba | 21,671 | 96.5 | 99.5 | C− |
| 34 | Brockville Ontario | 23,720 | 100.1 | 126.6 | C− |
| 35 | Sept-Îles Quebec | 24,483 | 103.9 | 209.6 | C− |
| 36 | Owen Sound Ontario | 24,075 | 110 | 154.9 | C− |
| 37 | Riverview New Brunswick | 22,614 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Brockville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
What police record in Brockville, by type
Against the typical town its size, Brockville runs highest on drug offences (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.8), mischief (7.8 per 1,000 against 3.7) and sexual assault (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.4 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 13 | 0.6 | 85% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 13 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 71.7 | 3.1 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.3 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30 | 1.3 | 30% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 14 | 0.6 | 21% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 487.7 | 20.8 | 24% |
| Mischief | 183.7 | 7.8 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 24.7 | 1.1 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 521.7 | 22.2 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20 | 0.9 | 65% |
| Drug violations | 42 | 1.8 | 89% |
| Impaired driving | 50.3 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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.
Police in Brockville recorded about 620 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.
Add about 1,000 property crimes and 850 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Brockville’s index fell 8% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (102.9); 2025 was the lightest, at 94.6. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Brockville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 102.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 102.9 | 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 Brockville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Brockville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockville | 23,720 | 100.1 | 126.6 | C− |
| Elizabethtown-Kitley | 9,886 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| Augusta | 7,767 | 34 | 40.2 | A |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 111.5 | 167.1 | C− |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Brockville. Closest is Elizabethtown-Kitley, 10.9 km away, at 49.6 to 100.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Brockville
Is Brockville safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 100.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: that is where Brockville stands, with 26.3 violent and 42.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Brockville?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 31 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (20.8) and assault (11.5).
Is crime going up in Brockville?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 94.6 from 102.9.
How much of Brockville’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 80% of violent crime and 46% of everything else, 58% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Brockville’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).