Photo: Balcer~commonswiki · CC BY 2.5Ingersoll sees less crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
On crime the police covering Ingersoll reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #261 of 862 in Ontario. 3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Of the two halves, violence comes to 60.5 and other offences to 43.1, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. The index fell from 46 in 2023 to 39.8 in 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.
What stands out about safety in Ingersoll
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Ingersoll is 16th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Ingersoll scores 47.7. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 41% for Ingersoll (76% violent, 23% non-violent), beside 33% for 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.
The B+ for Ingersoll, and how it is built
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: #261 of 862 in Ontario and #471 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.
Crime in Ingersoll, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Ingersoll runs highest on mischief (4.7 per 1,000 against 3.7) and sexual assault (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.8). Drug offences and motor vehicle theft 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 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7 | 0.5 | 86% |
| Breaking and entering | 28 | 1.9 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.7 | 1.2 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.5 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 117.3 | 7.9 | 16% |
| Mischief | 70 | 4.7 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.4 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 46.7 | 3.2 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 0.5 | 37% |
| Drug violations | 8 | 0.5 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 15.3 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5 | 0.3 | 6% |
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.
Ingersoll, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 57.5 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 39.8 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ingersoll | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 57.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 46 | 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 Ingersoll, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 140 violent incidents a year on Ingersoll’s police records (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 310 property crimes, plus 120 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
By its index, Ingersoll stands 16th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| 3 | Rockwood Ontario | 14,870 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Mount Forest Ontario | 14,407 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Pincourt Quebec | 15,220 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 14 | Severn Ontario | 15,716 | 41.7 | 48.8 | A− |
| 15 | Bécancour Quebec | 14,943 | 46.5 | 64.3 | A− |
| 16 | Ingersoll Ontario | 14,911 | 47.7 | 60.5 | B+ |
| 17 | Rosemère Quebec | 14,198 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 18 | High River Alberta | 15,508 | 50.5 | 56.6 | B+ |
| 19 | Durham Ontario | 14,355 | 51.9 | 63.2 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Ingersoll in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Ingersoll
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingersoll | 14,911 | 47.7 | 60.5 | B+ |
| South-West Oxford | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| Dorchester | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 69.7 | 61.8 | C+ |
3 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Ingersoll. Closest is South-West Oxford, 9.1 km away, at 34.5 to 47.7 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Ingersoll
Is Ingersoll safe?
Statistics Canada puts Ingersoll at 47.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.7 and property crimes at 21.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Ingersoll?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 7.9, other Criminal Code offences at 5.2 and assault at 4.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Ingersoll?
No: the index fell 13%, from 46 in 2023 to 39.8 in 2025.
How much of Ingersoll’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 41% of crime (76% of violent crime, 23% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Ingersoll’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).