Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kemptville sees less crime per resident than 88% of Canadian towns
Typical years here bring 7.5 violent incidents plus 16.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 52.9 and other offences to 32.2, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Its letter for safety is A, worked out from crime the police covering Kemptville reported over 2023 to 2025: #178 of 862 in Ontario. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less 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 Kemptville
Under the Ontario norm
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 37.9 in Kemptville. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Kemptville stands 10th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Kemptville’s police clear 45%, 76% of violent crime and 24% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Kemptville: 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: #178 of 862 in Ontario and #249 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 Kemptville, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kemptville runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Assault 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 | 5 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.3 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17 | 0.9 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 26% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 118.3 | 6.1 | 35% |
| Mischief | 43.7 | 2.2 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 31.3 | 1.6 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 15.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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, Kemptville stands 10th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Bridgenorth Ontario | 20,628 | 21.2 | 23.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Petawawa Ontario | 19,606 | 29.3 | 42.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Port Hope Ontario | 18,446 | 31.2 | 36.4 | A |
| 7 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 34.7 | 33.1 | A |
| 8 | Loyalist Ontario | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| 9 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Kemptville Ontario | 19,733 | 37.9 | 52.9 | A |
| 11 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Esquimalt British Columbia | 19,512 | 43 | 65.7 | A− |
| 14 | Bracebridge Ontario | 18,676 | 46.7 | 69.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 Kemptville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 150 violent incidents a year on Kemptville’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.
Add about 320 property crimes and 78 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Kemptville: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 41.7; 2023 was the lightest, at 35.6. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kemptville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 41.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 35.6 | 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 Kemptville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Kemptville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemptville | 19,733 | 37.9 | 52.9 | A |
| North Gower - Kars | 5,439 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Osgoode - Vernon | 6,398 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Kemptville.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. 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 Kemptville
Is Kemptville safe?
Its police recorded 7.5 violent incidents and 16.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Kemptville a Crime Severity Index of 37.9. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Kemptville?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 5.4 and assault at 3.4.
Is crime going up in Kemptville?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 35.6 to 36.5.
How much of Kemptville’s crime do police solve?
About 45% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 76% of violent and 24% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Kemptville 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).