Photo: Bwake · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Drummond/North Elmsley records less crime than 97% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 34.8 and 26.6. Recorded violent incidents ran at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 10.5, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Drummond/North Elmsley reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A+ for safety: #64 of 862 in Ontario.
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 Drummond/North Elmsley
Lower than most of Ontario
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Drummond/North Elmsley scores 28.8. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Drummond/North Elmsley is 6th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 47% for Drummond/North Elmsley (87% violent, 26% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Drummond/North Elmsley moved from 23 to 32.7, 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.
What’s behind Drummond/North Elmsley’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: #64 of 862 in Ontario and #72 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.
In Drummond/North Elmsley, up 42% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 32.7, with 2023 the lightest at 23. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Drummond/North Elmsley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 30.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 23 | 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 Drummond/North Elmsley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Drummond/North Elmsley, 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10.7 | 1.2 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.3 | 0.9 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 10% |
| Mischief | 13.3 | 1.5 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17 | 1.9 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 7.7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Drummond/North Elmsley comes 6th 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 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 6 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| 7 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 8 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 9 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Goderich Ontario | 8,412 | 68.4 | 100.1 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 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 Drummond/North Elmsley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 55 violent incidents a year reached Drummond/North Elmsley’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.
Property crime adds about 93 a year and other violations 41 (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 Drummond/North Elmsley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond/North Elmsley | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| Perth | 6,972 | 72.7 | 120.3 | C+ |
| Smiths Falls | 11,093 | 105.1 | 147.6 | C− |
| Tay Valley | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| Montague | 4,414 | 30.8 | 39.6 | A+ |
| Beckwith | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
1 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Drummond/North Elmsley. Just 18.9 km away, Beckwith comes to 20.5, against 28.8.
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. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Drummond/North Elmsley
Is Drummond/North Elmsley safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Drummond/North Elmsley’s Crime Severity Index stands at 28.8 for 2023–2025. Its police record 6.2 violent incidents and 10.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Drummond/North Elmsley?
Police record fraud most, 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (2.7) and assault (2.6).
Is crime going up in Drummond/North Elmsley?
Yes: the index rose 42%, from 23 in 2023 to 32.7 in 2025.
How much of Drummond/North Elmsley’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 47% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 87% of violent crime and 26% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Drummond/North Elmsley’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).