Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Per resident, Casselman records less crime than two in three Canadian towns
Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 41% (the typical Canadian town its size: 34%). A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Casselman reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #283 of 862 in Ontario. Violence accounts for an index of 62.9 and other offences for 46.4, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Police counts work out at 10.9 violent incidents and 23.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 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.
What stands out about safety in Casselman
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Casselman stands 15th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Close to Ontario’s typical town
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 50.8 in Casselman. Towns its size ↓
Fraud: high for a town its size
Casselman records 7.5 incidents of fraud per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. 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 grade: B+ for Casselman
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: #283 of 862 in Ontario and #547 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.
Which crimes make up Casselman’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Casselman runs highest on fraud (7.5 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.3 | 1.6 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 2.3 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 32 | 7.2 | 34% |
| Mischief | 18.3 | 4.1 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 13 | 2.9 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
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.
Casselman comes 15th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Montague Ontario | 4,414 | 30.8 | 39.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 5 | Howick Ontario | 4,517 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Deep River Ontario | 4,353 | 39.3 | 56 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Highlands East Ontario | 4,372 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 13 | De Salaberry Manitoba | 4,401 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| 15 | Casselman Ontario | 4,535 | 50.8 | 62.9 | B+ |
| 16 | White City Saskatchewan | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Guysborough Nova Scotia | 4,721 | 52.9 | 57 | B+ |
| 18 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Casselman in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 48 violent incidents a year on Casselman’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.
Add about 100 property crimes and 28 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Casselman, each year
Crime Severity Index
At 53.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 48.9. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Casselman | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 53.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.5 | 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 Casselman, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Casselman
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casselman | 4,535 | 50.8 | 62.9 | B+ |
| Limoges | 15,122 | 53.9 | 62.3 | B |
| North Stormont | 7,946 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Embrun | 23,655 | 26.9 | 39.7 | A+ |
Casselman sits above 2 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 11.7 km away, North Stormont comes to 36.9, against 50.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 4,535 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- 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. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Casselman
Is Casselman safe?
Police-reported crime in Casselman scores 50.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.9 violent incidents and 23.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Casselman?
Police record fraud most, 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (7.2) and assault (5.5).
Is crime going up in Casselman?
Not much: the index went from 50.5 in 2023 to 48.9 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Casselman’s crime do police solve?
About 41% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 78% of violent and 20% 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 Casselman 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).