Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, East Ferris records less crime than almost every Canadian town
Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Split in two, the index gives 27.2 for violence and 14.1 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crime the police covering East Ferris reported over 2023 to 2025: #1 of 862 in Ontario. Violence and property crime split as 3.8 violent incidents and 5.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 East Ferris
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, East Ferris scores 17.7. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, East Ferris moved from 16.9 to 12, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, East Ferris is 1st of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in East Ferris ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 72% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people 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.
What sits behind East Ferris’s A+
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.
Which crimes make up East Ferris’s figures
Assault 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 | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 9 | 1.6 | 14% |
| Mischief | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 5.3 | 0.9 | 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.
East Ferris’s index fell 29% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 24.3, with 2025 the lightest at 12. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | East Ferris | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 24.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 16.9 | 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 East Ferris, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, East Ferris places 1st
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Havelock Ontario | 5,663 | 29.2 | 33.7 | A+ |
| 3 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Cochrane Ontario | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 East Ferris in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in East Ferris recorded about 22 violent incidents a year, 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 34 property crimes and 15 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 East Ferris
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over East Ferris.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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. 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 East Ferris
Is East Ferris safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, East Ferris scores 17.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 3.8 violent and 5.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in East Ferris?
Police record fraud most, 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (1.7) and theft under $5,000 (1.6).
Is crime going up in East Ferris?
No: the index fell 29%, from 16.9 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.
How much of East Ferris’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 49% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 72% of violent crime and 32% 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 East Ferris 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).