Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Huron-Kinloss runs lower than in 92% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 36.6; it fell to 32.9 in 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 39.3 and other offences to 33.5, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. It grades A for safety on crime the police covering Huron-Kinloss reported from 2023 to 2025: #138 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, the local count comes to 6.2 violent incidents and 11.2 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Huron (Huron/Wingham) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Huron-Kinloss
Below Ontario’s typical town
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Huron-Kinloss scores 35. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Huron-Kinloss is 9th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 46% of Huron-Kinloss’s crime, weighted by seriousness (77% of violent crime, 30% 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’s behind Huron-Kinloss’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 30 km off, which covers its own area rather than Huron-Kinloss.
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: #138 of 862 in Ontario and #174 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.
Huron-Kinloss’s crime by kind
Mischief 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 | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 39.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 25.3 | 1.1 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.4 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 57 | 2.4 | 15% |
| Mischief | 43.7 | 1.9 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Administration of justice violations | 58 | 2.5 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 0.4 | 54% |
| Drug violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 10 | 0.4 | 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.
By its index, Huron-Kinloss stands 9th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 7 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 8 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| 9 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 10 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 11 | Rigaud Quebec | 8,187 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Philippe Quebec | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Huron-Kinloss in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Huron-Kinloss, 23,900 residents, recorded about 150 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 260 property crimes, plus 170 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Huron-Kinloss, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 36.6, and 2025 the lightest at 32.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Huron-Kinloss | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 35.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 36.6 | 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 Huron-Kinloss, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Huron-Kinloss
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron-Kinloss | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| Kincardine (19 km) | 13,169 | 34.4 | 43.4 | A |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (24 km) | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| Wingham (28 km) | 5,411 | 52.3 | 65.1 | B+ |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Huron-Kinloss. The nearest of them, Kincardine (19.1 km away), scores 34.4 against 35. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 19–28 km from Huron-Kinloss.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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 Huron-Kinloss
Is Huron-Kinloss safe?
The short answer is an index of 35 for Huron-Kinloss (2023–2025), built from 6.2 violent incidents and 11.2 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Huron-Kinloss?
Fraud is the most common, at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (3.4) and other Criminal Code offences (3.3).
Is crime going up in Huron-Kinloss?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 10%, to 32.9 from 36.6.
How much of Huron-Kinloss’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 46% of crime (77% of violent crime, 30% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Huron-Kinloss 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).