Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainKettle Point 44 sees more crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 378.3 for violence and 318.9 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Police counts work out at 53.3 violent incidents and 95.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Kettle Point 44
Visitors count, residents divide
Seasonal homes make up about 34% of Kettle Point 44’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Kettle Point 44 records 8.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 333.9 in Kettle Point 44. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Kettle Point 44’s police clear 50%, 74% of violent crime and 38% 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.
Kettle Point 44’s Safety Grade is D−
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Kettle Point 44, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kettle Point 44 runs highest on drug offences (8.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (16.5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (23.3 per 1,000 against 4.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 1.7 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 16.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.7 | 8.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 4.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 33.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 23.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 17 | 9.4 | 29% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54 | 29.7 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 5.9 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 8.4 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 39.7 | 21.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 1.3 | — |
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 people or more.
1,840 residents, about 97 violent incidents a year: the police area Kettle Point 44 belongs to, 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 170 property crimes and 200 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Kettle Point 44’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 360.3 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 287.3. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kettle Point 44 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 354.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 360.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Kettle Point 44, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Kettle Point 44
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettle Point 44 | 1,363 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Forest (12 km) | 12,962 | 32.2 | 38.8 | A |
| Plympton-Wyoming (24 km) | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Parkhill (27 km) | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Watford (28 km) | 3,955 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
Kettle Point 44 has the highest index of the places around it. Just 12.3 km away, Forest comes to 32.2, against 333.9. Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 12–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kettle Point 44.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Kettle Point 44’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 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. 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.”
- Small numbers. With roughly 1,836 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Kettle Point 44
Is Kettle Point 44 safe?
Police-reported crime in Kettle Point 44 scores 333.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 53.3 violent incidents and 95 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Kettle Point 44?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 52.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (33.9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (32.8).
Is crime going up in Kettle Point 44?
No: the index fell 20%, from 360.3 in 2023 to 287.3 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Kettle Point 44’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 50% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 74% of violent crime and 38% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Kettle Point 44 and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).