Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lakeshore has less crime per resident than 98% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 29 for violence and 26.2 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Lakeshore grades A+ for safety on crime the police covering Lakeshore reported from 2023 to 2025: #49 of 862 in Ontario. Out of every 1,000 residents, 4.1 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 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 Lakeshore
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Lakeshore’s index of 26.8 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, Lakeshore places 2nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Lakeshore stood at 29.2, by 2025 at 24.4. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Lakeshore’s index splits into violent crime, 29 here and 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 26.2 against 56. By type ↓
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 Lakeshore’s grade
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: #49 of 862 in Ontario and #54 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 Lakeshore, by type
Theft under $5,000 and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4 | 0.09 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.07 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 49.3 | 1.1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 29 | 0.6 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 168.7 | 3.7 | 15% |
| Mischief | 82.7 | 1.8 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.1 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 41.7 | 0.9 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.2 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 50.7 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Lakeshore places 2nd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 5 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 6 | Paris Ontario | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Keswick Ontario | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 13 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 14 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Lakeshore in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Lakeshore: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (29.2); the low point came in 2025, at 24.4. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lakeshore | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 26.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 29.2 | 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 Lakeshore, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Lakeshore recorded about 180 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.
Add about 560 property crimes and 150 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 Lakeshore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Lakeshore.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Lakeshore
Is Lakeshore safe?
Statistics Canada puts Lakeshore at 26.8 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 4.1 and property crimes at 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lakeshore?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (3.7) and assault (2).
Is crime going up in Lakeshore?
No: the index fell 16%, from 29.2 in 2023 to 24.4 in 2025.
How much of Lakeshore’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 42% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 85% of violent and 23% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Lakeshore 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).