Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0For recorded crime, Argyle sits in the middle of Canadian towns
The index held steady between 2023 (70.6) and 2025 (73). Taking everything together, Argyle scores C+ (#641 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Still, typical years here bring 10.5 violent incidents plus 36.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 86.4 and other offences to 63.8, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2.
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. Measured across the London service area: crime severity and crime rate.
The C+ for Argyle, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Argyle on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
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: #641 of 862 in Ontario and #1,358 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
London’s crime, type by type
These are London’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, London runs highest on drug offences (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.9), robbery (0.7 per 1,000 against 0.4) and theft under $5,000 (21.4 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 6.3 | 0.01 | 100% |
| Sexual violations against children | 117.7 | 0.2 | 39% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 171.7 | 0.4 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 40.3 | 0.08 | 60% |
| Robbery | 334 | 0.7 | 57% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 68.3 | 0.1 | 98% |
| Other violent violations | 87.7 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,157.7 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 153.7 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 929.7 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 291.3 | 0.6 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10,420.3 | 21.4 | 19% |
| Mischief | 2,369.7 | 4.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 210.7 | 0.4 | 47% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,674 | 5.5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 363 | 0.7 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 942 | 1.9 | 94% |
| Impaired driving | 484.3 | 1 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 973.7 | 2 | 5% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Argyle, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 73, and 2024 lowest at 65.8. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Argyle | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 65.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 70.6 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Argyle, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Argyle
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 28,109 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| East London | 10,972 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Jackson | 8,124 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Huron Heights | 20,890 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Glen Cairn | 16,119 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Carling | 21,536 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Argyle carries the city-wide figures.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
Questions about safety in Argyle
Is Argyle safe?
Its police recorded 10.5 violent incidents and 36.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Argyle a Crime Severity Index of 69.8. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Argyle?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (21.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 7.4, and assault, at 5.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Argyle?
Hardly at all, from 70.6 in 2023 to 73 in 2025.
How much of Argyle’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 38% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 61% of violent crime and 26% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole city.
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).