Photo: Adam Bishop · CC BY-SA 4.0Leamington sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 81.7 and 47.8. Annual rates stand at 12.4 violent incidents and 23.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Across all the graded crimes, Leamington lands on B (#390 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 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 Leamington
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 53% for Leamington (81% violent, 34% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Leamington comes 20th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Ontario middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Leamington, 57.2. 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.
What sits behind Leamington’s B
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: #390 of 862 in Ontario and #765 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 Leamington, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Leamington runs highest on sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.8). Mischief and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 13.3 | 0.4 | 73% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 79.3 | 2.3 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 24.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 375.7 | 11 | 33% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 3.1 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.3 | 64% |
| Administration of justice violations | 113.7 | 3.3 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.3 | 0.3 | 62% |
| Drug violations | 17 | 0.5 | 81% |
| Impaired driving | 60.7 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Around 420 violent incidents a year on Leamington’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.
Property crime adds about 810 a year and other violations 270 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Leamington’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 60.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 54.8. 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 | Leamington | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 60.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 55.8 | 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 Leamington, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Leamington stands 20th of 40 towns its size
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Rockland Ontario | 30,375 | 38.2 | 56.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Fort Erie Ontario | 37,226 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 18 | Thorold Ontario | 33,844 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 19 | Grimsby Ontario | 31,478 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 20 | Leamington Ontario | 34,653 | 57.2 | 81.7 | B |
| 21 | Sorel-Tracy Quebec | 36,537 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 22 | Stratford Ontario | 36,097 | 62.2 | 65.5 | B− |
| 23 | Elmira Ontario | 31,382 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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 Leamington in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Leamington
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington | 34,653 | 57.2 | 81.7 | B |
| Kingsville (12 km) | 25,302 | 29.8 | 24.8 | A+ |
| Essex (25 km) | 23,872 | 37.3 | 63.2 | A |
| Lakeshore (28 km) | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Leamington. Closest is Kingsville, 12 km away, at 29.8 to 57.2 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 12–28 km from Leamington.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Leamington
Is Leamington safe?
With 12.4 violent incidents and 23.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Leamington comes to 57.2 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in Leamington?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 11 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (7.4) and fraud (5.2).
Is crime going up in Leamington?
Barely: 55.8 in 2023, 54.8 in 2025.
How much of Leamington’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 53%: 81% for violent crime and 34% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Leamington and nowhere else.
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).