Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Georgian Bluffs sees less crime per resident than 96% of Canadian towns
It grades A+ for safety on crime the police covering Georgian Bluffs reported from 2023 to 2025: #74 of 862 in Ontario. Split in two, the index gives 35.4 for violence and 27 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). In a usual year, 6.0 violent incidents and 11.9 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5. Both towns on its borders with figures record more 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 Georgian Bluffs
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Georgian Bluffs’s index of 29.2 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Georgian Bluffs places 3rd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 48% of Georgian Bluffs’s crime, weighted by seriousness (81% of violent crime, 31% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 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’s behind Georgian Bluffs’s grade
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.
Georgian Bluffs’s crime by kind
Motor vehicle theft 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 | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.7 | 1.3 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.7 | 0.9 | 47% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 25% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 42.7 | 3.6 | 26% |
| Mischief | 24.3 | 2 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17.3 | 1.5 | 71% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 11.3 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.08 | — |
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, Georgian Bluffs stands 3rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Georgian Bluffs Ontario | 12,061 | 29.2 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 4 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Norwich Ontario | 12,321 | 31.5 | 27.6 | A |
| 6 | Millbrook Ontario | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Adjala-Tosorontio Ontario | 11,948 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 9 | Tay Ontario | 11,968 | 34.3 | 46.4 | A |
| 10 | Morrisburg Ontario | 11,943 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 11 | Ramara Ontario | 11,551 | 37.3 | 55.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Clearwater County Alberta | 11,856 | 188.3 | 342.3 | 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 Georgian Bluffs in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Georgian Bluffs recorded about 72 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.
And about 140 property crimes, plus 46 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Georgian Bluffs, down 13% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 31.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 26.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Georgian Bluffs | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 31.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 30.3 | 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 Georgian Bluffs, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Georgian Bluffs
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Bluffs | 12,061 | 29.2 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Owen Sound | 24,075 | 110 | 154.9 | C− |
| Wiarton | 9,799 | 46 | 52.4 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Georgian Bluffs.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Georgian Bluffs
Is Georgian Bluffs safe?
With 6 violent incidents and 11.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Georgian Bluffs comes to 29.2 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in Georgian Bluffs?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.4) and assault (3.1).
Is crime going up in Georgian Bluffs?
Down 13%: 30.3 in 2023, 26.2 in 2025.
How much of Georgian Bluffs’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 48%: 81% for violent crime and 31% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Georgian Bluffs 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).