Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Colborne than in 95% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 41.7 for violence and 25.7 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). For every 1,000 residents, 7.4 violent incidents and 11.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Add to that, on the record of crime the police covering Colborne reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A+ for safety: #89 of 862 in Ontario. The index held steady between 2023 (26.3) and 2025 (27.4).
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 Colborne
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Colborne, 30.1. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Colborne comes 5th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 46% for Colborne (80% violent, 24% non-violent), beside 34% for 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 Colborne’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: #89 of 862 in Ontario and #110 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.
Crime in Colborne, type by type
Mischief 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 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.7 | 1.1 | 4% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7.7 | 1.1 | 22% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 22.7 | 3.2 | 30% |
| Mischief | 12.3 | 1.7 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 11.3 | 1.6 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8.3 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Colborne places 5th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 4 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Colborne Ontario | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| 6 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 7 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 8 | Niverville Manitoba | 7,277 | 36.3 | 55.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Wainfleet Ontario | 7,329 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Perth Ontario | 6,972 | 72.7 | 120.3 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Colborne in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Colborne’s police: about 52 violent incidents a year over 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 81 property crimes and 31 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Colborne, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 36.8; 2023 was the lightest, at 26.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Colborne | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 36.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 26.3 | 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 Colborne, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Colborne
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| Brighton | 12,900 | 46.9 | 65.6 | B+ |
| Alnwick/Haldimand | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
1 of the 2 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Colborne. Alnwick/Haldimand, 15.7 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 21.6 to 30.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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 Colborne
Is Colborne safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 30.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Colborne stands, with 7.4 violent and 11.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Colborne?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 3.9, assault at 3.3 and theft under $5,000 at 3.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Colborne?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 26.3 to 27.4.
How much of Colborne’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 46% of crime (80% of violent crime, 24% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Colborne 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).