Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Dutton runs lower than in 94% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 41.2 and its non-violent half to 27.9, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Annual rates stand at 6.9 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, the grade is A, built on crime the police covering Dutton reported from 2023 to 2025: #100 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Elgin County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Dutton
Below Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Dutton, 31.5. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Dutton comes 3rd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 43% for Dutton (80% violent, 20% 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.
Dutton: A 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.
Its place: #100 of 862 in Ontario and #134 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 Dutton, 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 | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 48.3 | 1 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.7 | 0.2 | 87% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 74.3 | 1.5 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 20.3 | 0.4 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 138.3 | 2.9 | 11% |
| Mischief | 99 | 2.1 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 9 | 0.2 | 37% |
| Administration of justice violations | 74.3 | 1.5 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 20 | 0.4 | 47% |
| Impaired driving | 59.3 | 1.2 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 7 | 0.1 | 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.
By its index, Dutton stands 3rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Amaranth Ontario | 4,808 | 29.9 | 22.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 4 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 6 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Marmora Ontario | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Casselman Ontario | 4,535 | 50.8 | 62.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Dutton in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
48,900 residents, about 330 violent incidents a year: the police area Dutton belongs to, 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 560 property crimes and 220 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Dutton’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 35.4; 2025 was the lightest, at 29.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Dutton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 35.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 29.8 | 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 Dutton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Dutton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutton | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| West Lorne | 5,566 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| Southwold | 5,473 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Dutton is one part.
Questions about safety in Dutton
Is Dutton safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Dutton comes to 31.5. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 6.9 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Dutton?
Police record assault most, 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.5) and theft under $5,000 (2.9).
Is crime going up in Dutton?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 29.8 to 29.4.
How much of Dutton’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 43% of crime (80% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Dutton together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).