Photo: Balcer~commonswiki · CC BY 2.5Recorded crime per resident is lower in Caledonia than in 89% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 38.8 in 2023 to 35.6 in 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 37.5 and other offences to 37.4, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. Counting crime the police covering Caledonia reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #171 of 862 in Ontario. The local count comes to 7.2 violent incidents and 18.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size.
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 Caledonia
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Caledonia, 37.2. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Caledonia comes 8th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Caledonia’s index splits into violent crime, 37.5 here and 75.2 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 37.4 against 54.2. By type ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Caledonia records 2.9 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A for Caledonia, 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: #171 of 862 in Ontario and #227 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What police record in Caledonia, by type
Against the typical town its size, Caledonia runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.9 per 1,000 against 1.7). Break and enter 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 | 11 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 12.3 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Breaking and entering | 77.3 | 1.4 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 158.7 | 2.9 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 39.3 | 0.7 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 286.3 | 5.2 | 14% |
| Mischief | 194.7 | 3.6 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 14 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 125.7 | 2.3 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Impaired driving | 55.3 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 7 | 0.1 | 0% |
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 50,000 people or more.
By its index, Caledonia stands 8th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Georgetown Ontario | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| 3 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 5 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 6 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| 7 | Paris Ontario | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| 8 | Caledonia Ontario | 56,059 | 37.2 | 37.5 | A |
| 9 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 11 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | 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 Caledonia in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 400 violent incidents a year on Caledonia’s police records (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.
Property crime adds about 980 a year and other violations 310 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Caledonia, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 38.8; the lightest was 2025, at 35.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Caledonia | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.6 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 37.3 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 38.8 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Caledonia, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Caledonia
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | 56,059 | 37.2 | 37.5 | A |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 (16 km) | 1,162 | 127.4 | 214.9 | D |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 (25 km) | 7,298 | 127.4 | 214.9 | D |
| Smithville (29 km) | 16,586 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Caledonia.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 16–29 km from Caledonia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Caledonia
Is Caledonia safe?
Its police recorded 7.2 violent incidents and 18 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Caledonia a Crime Severity Index of 37.2. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Caledonia?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.9) and assault (3.8).
Is crime going up in Caledonia?
The reverse: 38.8 in 2023 came down to 35.6 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Caledonia’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 34% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 70% of violent and 20% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Caledonia 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).