Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0East Garafraxa sees less crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
The yearly rates were 4.3 violent incidents and 13.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, the grade is A+, built on crime the police covering East Garafraxa reported from 2023 to 2025: #64 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 22 and 31.6. Among its 5 neighbours with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
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 Garafraxa
Below Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; East Garafraxa, 28.7. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, East Garafraxa’s two halves part ways: 22 for violence (typical 85.7) and 31.6 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, East Garafraxa comes 2nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 24% of East Garafraxa’s crime, weighted by seriousness (48% of violent crime, 18% of the rest), against 34% across 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.
What sits behind East Garafraxa’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: #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.
East Garafraxa’s crime by kind
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 | 0.1 | — |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 4 | 1.4 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5 | 1.7 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 8% |
| Mischief | 6 | 2.1 | 0% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4 | 1.4 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 2 | 0.7 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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.
East Garafraxa is 2nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| 2 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| 3 | Cocagne New Brunswick | 2,982 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Algonquin Highlands Ontario | 2,915 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Markstay-Warren Ontario | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Black River-Matheson Ontario | 2,899 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| 33 | Wawa Ontario | 2,943 | 97.9 | 182.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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 Garafraxa in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
East Garafraxa’s police: about 13 violent incidents a year over 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 38 property crimes, plus 12 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Three years of East Garafraxa’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (33); 2025 was the lightest, at 25.7. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | East Garafraxa | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 27.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 33 | 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 Garafraxa, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around East Garafraxa
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| Orangeville | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| Erin | 12,924 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 29.9 | 22.1 | A+ |
| Mono | 10,036 | 34.9 | 55.4 | A |
Nearby, 1 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than East Garafraxa. Just 10 km away, Grand Valley comes to 26.4, against 28.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A small police area. With roughly 2,976 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.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in East Garafraxa
Is East Garafraxa safe?
East Garafraxa measures 28.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 4.3 violent incidents and 13.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in East Garafraxa?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.1) and other Criminal Code offences (2.3).
Is crime going up in East Garafraxa?
Down 22%: 33 in 2023, 25.7 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of East Garafraxa’s crime do police solve?
24%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 48% and non-violent crime at 18%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves East Garafraxa alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).