Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Erin than in 96% of Canadian towns
Police counts work out at 4.9 violent incidents and 13.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5. Of the two halves, violence comes to 28.2 and other offences to 29.6, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Graded on crime the police covering Erin reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A+ for safety: #74 of 862 in Ontario. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 30 in 2023 to 28.2 by 2025.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Wellington County detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Erin
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Erin, 29. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Erin comes 2nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Erin’s index splits into violent crime, 28.2 here and 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 29.6 against 56. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A+ for Erin
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: #74 of 862 in Ontario and #94 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Erin, by type
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 | 13.3 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9 | 0.09 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.7 | 0.07 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 124.3 | 1.2 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 122 | 1.2 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.7 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 430 | 4.1 | 17% |
| Mischief | 240.7 | 2.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 20.7 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.7 | 1.2 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 38.7 | 0.4 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 30 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 89.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.1 | 15% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Erin stands 2nd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Erin Ontario | 12,924 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Norwich Ontario | 12,321 | 31.5 | 27.6 | A |
| 5 | Forest Ontario | 12,962 | 32.2 | 38.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Kincardine Ontario | 13,169 | 34.4 | 43.4 | A |
| 8 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 9 | Winchester Ontario | 12,706 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Meaford Ontario | 12,652 | 42.7 | 45.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Erin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
106,900 residents, about 520 violent incidents a year: the police area Erin 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 1,440 property crimes and 420 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Erin, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 30, and 2025 the lightest at 28.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Erin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 28.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 30 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Erin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Erin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin | 12,924 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| Orangeville | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| Georgetown | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Erin. Just 14.6 km away, East Garafraxa comes to 28.7, against 29.
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.”
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Erin together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Erin
Is Erin safe?
Erin scores 29 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 4.9 violent incidents and 13.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Erin?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4 and assault at 2.3.
Is crime going up in Erin?
The reverse: 30 in 2023 came down to 28.2 by 2025, 6% lower.
How much of Erin’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 69% of violent and 22% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Erin and everywhere else it polices.
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).