Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns record less crime per resident than LaSalle
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 25.3 to 22.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 17.8 and other offences to 25.2, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. A Safety Grade of A+ follows from crime the police covering LaSalle reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #27 of 862 in Ontario. Each year brought 3.6 violent incidents and 14.3 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (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 LaSalle
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; LaSalle, 22.9. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
LaSalle scores 17.8 for violence and 25.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, LaSalle comes 1st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A+ for LaSalle, 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: #27 of 862 in Ontario and #29 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 LaSalle, type by type
Motor vehicle theft and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 39 | 1.1 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23 | 0.6 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 222.3 | 6.1 | 25% |
| Mischief | 78.3 | 2.2 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 64.3 | 1.8 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 0.4 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.08 | — |
| Impaired driving | 21.7 | 0.6 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 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.
LaSalle is 1st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Fergus Ontario | 34,565 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Rockland Ontario | 30,375 | 38.2 | 56.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Fort Erie Ontario | 37,226 | 56.1 | 72.6 | 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 LaSalle in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in LaSalle recorded about 130 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 520 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.
LaSalle, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 25.3, against a low of 21.4 in 2024. 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 | LaSalle | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 21.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 25.3 | 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 LaSalle, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around LaSalle
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaSalle | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Sandwich | 14,110 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Roseland | 20,587 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than LaSalle.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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 LaSalle
Is LaSalle safe?
LaSalle measures 22.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 3.6 violent incidents and 14.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in LaSalle?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.8) and other Criminal Code offences (2.3).
Is crime going up in LaSalle?
Down 12%: 25.3 in 2023, 22.2 in 2025.
How much of LaSalle’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (58% of violent crime, 26% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves LaSalle 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).