Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Dawn-Euphemia runs higher 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 86.4 and 62.8. Out of every 1,000 residents, 53.3 violent incidents and 95.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, it grades D− for safety on crime the police covering Dawn-Euphemia reported from 2023 to 2025.
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. Measured across the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Dawn-Euphemia
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Dawn-Euphemia 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 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Dawn-Euphemia, 333.9. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 50% of crime in Dawn-Euphemia ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 74% of violent crime and 38% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Dawn-Euphemia: D− for safety, and why
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Dawn-Euphemia’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Dawn-Euphemia runs highest on drug offences (8.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (16.5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (23.3 per 1,000 against 4.2).
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 people or more.
About 97 violent incidents a year across the police area of 1,840 residents that includes Dawn-Euphemia, 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.
Dawn-Euphemia’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 360.3, and its lowest 2025, at 287.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Dawn-Euphemia | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 354.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 360.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Dawn-Euphemia, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Dawn-Euphemia
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn-Euphemia | 2,127 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Brooke-Alvinston (19 km) | 2,557 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Enniskillen (20 km) | 3,174 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Petrolia (22 km) | 6,422 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Glencoe (28 km) | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 19–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Dawn-Euphemia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. With roughly 1,836 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Dawn-Euphemia together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Dawn-Euphemia
Is Dawn-Euphemia safe?
Dawn-Euphemia’s Crime Severity Index is 333.9 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 53.3 violent incidents and 95 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Dawn-Euphemia?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 52.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 33.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 32.8.
Is crime going up in Dawn-Euphemia?
Down 20%: 360.3 in 2023, 287.3 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Dawn-Euphemia’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 50% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 74% of violent crime and 38% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Dawn-Euphemia and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).