Photo: Jodie Wilson from Mountain View, USA · CC BY 2.0Few Canadian towns record less crime per resident than Douro-Dummer
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Year on year, 2.7 violent incidents and 6.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crime the police covering Douro-Dummer reported over 2023 to 2025: #1 of 862 in Ontario. Violence accounts for an index of 13.8 and other offences for 15.5, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8.
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 Douro-Dummer
Below Ontario’s typical town
Douro-Dummer’s index of 14.9 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Douro-Dummer places 1st from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Douro-Dummer’s index splits into violent crime, 13.8 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 15.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Douro-Dummer moved from 14.1 to 18, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A+ for Douro-Dummer
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: #1 of 862 in Ontario and #1 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.
What police record in Douro-Dummer, 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 | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6 | 0.7 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6 | 0.7 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 8.7 | 1 | 11% |
| Mischief | 8 | 0.9 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 5.3 | 0.6 | 57% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Impaired driving | 10 | 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Douro-Dummer’s index climbed 28%
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 18; the lightest was 2024, at 12.6. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Douro-Dummer | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 14.1 | 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 Douro-Dummer, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Douro-Dummer comes 1st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 5 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 6 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 9 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Douro-Dummer in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 23 violent incidents a year on Douro-Dummer’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 54 a year and other violations 23 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Douro-Dummer
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| Bridgenorth | 20,628 | 21.2 | 23.1 | A+ |
| Norwood | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 | 1,428 | — | — | — |
| Peterborough | 97,834 | 71.7 | 89.4 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Douro-Dummer.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Douro-Dummer
Is Douro-Dummer safe?
Police-reported crime in Douro-Dummer scores 14.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 2.7 violent incidents and 6.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Douro-Dummer?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 2.7, Criminal Code traffic offences at 1.5 and assault at 1.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Douro-Dummer?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 28%, to 18 from 14.1.
How much of Douro-Dummer’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 42% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 80% of violent crime and 30% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Douro-Dummer 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).