Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Enniskillen records more crime than 97% of Canadian towns
The yearly rates were 53.3 violent incidents and 95.0 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 D−, built on crime the police covering Enniskillen reported from 2023 to 2025: #857 of 862 in Ontario. Of the two halves, violence comes to 378.3 and other offences to 318.9, beside norms 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Enniskillen
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Enniskillen records 8.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Enniskillen’s index of 333.9 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Enniskillen places 39th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 50% of Enniskillen’s crime, weighted by seriousness (74% of violent crime, 38% 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 Enniskillen’s D−
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: #857 of 862 in Ontario and #2,545 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.
Enniskillen’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Enniskillen runs highest on drug offences (8.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (16.5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and mischief (23.3 per 1,000 against 4.9).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 1.7 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 16.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.7 | 8.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 4.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 33.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 23.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 17 | 9.4 | 29% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54 | 29.7 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 5.9 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 8.4 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 39.7 | 21.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 1.3 | — |
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.
Enniskillen is 39th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Greater Madawaska Ontario | 3,234 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Admaston/Bromley Ontario | 3,086 | 33.5 | 57.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Chalk River Ontario | 3,147 | 38.6 | 59.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| 37 | Thorhild County Alberta | 3,147 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| 38 | Roblin Manitoba | 3,184 | 252.3 | 341.3 | D |
| 39 | Enniskillen Ontario | 3,174 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Enniskillen in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 97 violent incidents a year in the 1,840-resident police area around Enniskillen, 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 170 a year and other violations 200 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Enniskillen’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 360.3 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 287.3 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Enniskillen | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 354.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 360.3 | 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 Enniskillen, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Enniskillen
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enniskillen | 3,174 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Petrolia | 6,422 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Plympton-Wyoming | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. About 1,836 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Enniskillen’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Enniskillen
Is Enniskillen safe?
Statistics Canada puts Enniskillen at 333.9 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 53.3 and property crimes at 95 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Enniskillen?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 52.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (33.9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (32.8).
Is crime going up in Enniskillen?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 20%, to 287.3 from 360.3. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Enniskillen’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 50% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 74% of violent crime and 38% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Enniskillen 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).