Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Havelock records less crime per resident than 96% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 33.7 and other offences for 27.6, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. One of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. On top of that, on the record of crime the police covering Havelock reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A+ for safety: #74 of 862 in Ontario. The local count comes to 6.7 violent incidents and 12.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 Havelock
A busy place, counted per resident
About 42% of Havelock’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Below Ontario’s typical town
Havelock’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, Havelock places 2nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Up since 2023
From 25 in 2023 to 29.7 in 2025: that is Havelock’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Havelock: A+ for safety, and why
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Havelock’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 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 8.3 | 1.5 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.3 | 1.1 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21 | 3.7 | 20% |
| Mischief | 14 | 2.5 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 10 | 1.8 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 5.7 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Havelock places 2nd
| # | 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 | Stirling Ontario | 5,489 | 30.8 | 33.2 | A+ |
| 4 | West Lorne Ontario | 5,566 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 5 | Southwold Ontario | 5,473 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Gananoque Ontario | 5,568 | 47.6 | 61.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Wingham Ontario | 5,411 | 52.3 | 65.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Espanola Ontario | 5,504 | 90.6 | 123.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 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 Havelock in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Havelock: up 19%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (32.9) and 2023 the trough (25). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Havelock | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 32.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 25 | 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 Havelock, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Havelock’s police: about 38 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.
Add about 68 property crimes and 27 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 Havelock
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havelock | 5,663 | 29.2 | 33.7 | A+ |
| Norwood | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| Campbellford | 15,103 | 37 | 48.3 | A |
| Marmora | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
Havelock sits above 1 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Norwood, 11.3 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 25.2 to 29.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. 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 Havelock
Is Havelock safe?
Havelock’s Crime Severity Index is 29.2 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 6.7 violent incidents and 12.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Havelock?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 2.8 and fraud at 2.7.
Is crime going up in Havelock?
Up 19%: 25 in 2023, 29.7 in 2025.
How much of Havelock’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 42%: 74% for violent crime and 26% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Havelock 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).