Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Collingwood is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Of the two halves, violence comes to 66.4 and other offences to 54.8, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Its letter overall is B (#484 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. What’s more, by 2025 the index had dropped to 53.6, down from 61.2 in 2023. Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Collingwood
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 52% of Collingwood’s crime, weighted by seriousness (83% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Collingwood comes 29th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Collingwood records 1.4 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 ↓
Close to Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Collingwood, 57.8. 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.
What’s behind Collingwood’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: #484 of 862 in Ontario and #876 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.
Collingwood’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Collingwood runs highest on drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.8), sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.8) and fraud (7 per 1,000 against 5.1). Break and enter and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 6.7 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 41 | 1.5 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 0.5 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21.7 | 0.8 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 388.7 | 13.9 | 27% |
| Mischief | 133.3 | 4.8 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 0.4 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 137 | 4.9 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.3 | 0.7 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 39.7 | 1.4 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 50.3 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Collingwood, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 61.2; the lightest was 2025, at 53.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Collingwood | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 58.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 61.2 | 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 Collingwood, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Collingwood comes 29th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 27 | 31.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Tecumseh Ontario | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Kingsville Ontario | 25,302 | 29.8 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 4 | Angus Ontario | 26,036 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Thetford Mines Quebec | 27,155 | 55.9 | 93.4 | B |
| 27 | Grimsby Ontario | 31,478 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 28 | Beamsville Ontario | 28,356 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 29 | Collingwood Ontario | 28,366 | 57.8 | 66.4 | B |
| 30 | Lunenburg Nova Scotia | 26,862 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
| 31 | Squamish British Columbia | 28,578 | 69.7 | 62.3 | C+ |
| 32 | Elmira Ontario | 31,382 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Sept-Îles Quebec | 24,483 | 103.9 | 209.6 | C− |
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 Collingwood in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 330 violent incidents a year reached Collingwood’s police, 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 820 property crimes and 310 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Collingwood
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 28,366 | 57.8 | 66.4 | B |
| Stayner | 16,571 | 31.5 | 35.3 | A |
| Wasaga Beach | 28,736 | 50 | 61.1 | B+ |
| Thornbury | 11,162 | 36.5 | 46.3 | A |
The places around Collingwood all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Stayner (13.1 km away), scores 31.5 against 57.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Collingwood
Is Collingwood safe?
With 11.7 violent incidents and 29.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Collingwood comes to 57.8 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in Collingwood?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 13.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (7) and fraud (7).
Is crime going up in Collingwood?
The reverse: 61.2 in 2023 came down to 53.6 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of Collingwood’s crime do police solve?
About 52% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 83% of violent and 38% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Collingwood’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).