Photo: Jennifer Aitkens from Guelph, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Brooke-Alvinston than in 97% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 378.3 and its non-violent half to 318.9, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. It grades D− for safety on crime the police covering Brooke-Alvinston reported from 2023 to 2025: #857 of 862 in Ontario. In a usual year, 53.3 violent incidents and 95.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Brooke-Alvinston
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Brooke-Alvinston records 8.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Brooke-Alvinston scores 333.9. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Brooke-Alvinston is 39th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 50% of Brooke-Alvinston’s crime, weighted by seriousness (74% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
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 Brooke-Alvinston’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: #857 of 862 in Ontario and #2,545 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.
Brooke-Alvinston’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Brooke-Alvinston runs highest on drug offences (8.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (16.5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and mischief (23.3 per 1,000 against 4.9).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 1.7 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 16.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.7 | 8.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 4.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 33.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 23.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 17 | 9.4 | 29% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54 | 29.7 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 5.9 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 8.4 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 39.7 | 21.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 1.3 | — |
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.
Brooke-Alvinston comes 39th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Ontario | 2,505 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | North Frontenac Ontario | 2,515 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Unity Saskatchewan | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| 37 | Rimbey Alberta | 2,502 | 110.1 | 69.4 | C− |
| 38 | Saint-Chrysostome Quebec | 2,641 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| 39 | Brooke-Alvinston Ontario | 2,557 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 40 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | 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 Brooke-Alvinston in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 97 violent incidents a year across the police area of 1,840 residents that includes Brooke-Alvinston, 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 170 property crimes, plus 200 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 Brooke-Alvinston’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (360.3); 2025 was the lightest, at 287.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Brooke-Alvinston | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 354.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 360.3 | 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 Brooke-Alvinston, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Brooke-Alvinston
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke-Alvinston | 2,557 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Watford | 3,955 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Glencoe | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Dawn-Euphemia | 2,127 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A small police area. About 1,836 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Brooke-Alvinston together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
Questions about safety in Brooke-Alvinston
Is Brooke-Alvinston safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Brooke-Alvinston comes to 333.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 53.3 violent incidents and 95 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Brooke-Alvinston?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 52.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (33.9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (32.8).
Is crime going up in Brooke-Alvinston?
The reverse: 360.3 in 2023 came down to 287.3 by 2025, 20% lower. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Brooke-Alvinston’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 50% of crime (74% of violent crime, 38% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Brooke-Alvinston together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).