Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Long Sault sees less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Counting crime the police covering Long Sault reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #162 of 862 in Ontario. Out of every 1,000 residents, 8.0 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 47.2 and its non-violent half to 33.1, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Long Sault
Lower than most of Ontario
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Long Sault, 36.9. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Long Sault comes 8th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Long Sault’s police clear 43%, 74% of violent crime and 26% 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.
What’s behind Long Sault’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: #162 of 862 in Ontario and #213 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 Long Sault, by type
Break and enter and theft under $5,000 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 | 15.3 | 0.2 | 87% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.10 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 71% |
| Breaking and entering | 85.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 109.7 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 48 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 255.7 | 3.5 | 17% |
| Mischief | 171.3 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 18 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 196.7 | 2.7 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 24.7 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 26.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 68.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.06 | — |
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, Long Sault places 8th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| 3 | Rockwood Ontario | 14,870 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Mount Forest Ontario | 14,407 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 5 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Central Elgin Ontario | 15,230 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 7 | Warman Saskatchewan | 14,245 | 32.3 | 41.7 | A |
| 8 | Long Sault Ontario | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 9 | South Glengarry Ontario | 14,355 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | Campbellford Ontario | 15,103 | 37 | 48.3 | A |
| 11 | Saint-Amable Quebec | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Long Sault in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Long Sault’s index dropped 12%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 39.2; the lightest was 2025, at 34.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Long Sault | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 37.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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 Long Sault, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 580 violent incidents a year across the police area of 72,300 residents that includes Long Sault, 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 1,040 property crimes and 420 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 Long Sault
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sault | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Cornwall | 54,346 | 104.5 | 126.4 | C− |
| Akwesasne (Part) 59 | 1,947 | 48.7 | 53.5 | B+ |
Long Sault has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Long Sault’s are shared with its surroundings.
- Reading the number. 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.
Questions about safety in Long Sault
Is Long Sault safe?
Against a typical 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Long Sault’s Crime Severity Index stands at 36.9 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Long Sault?
Top of the list is fraud (4.9 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 3.8, and assault, at 3.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Long Sault?
Down 12%: 39.2 in 2023, 34.4 in 2025.
How much of Long Sault’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 43% of crime (74% of violent crime, 26% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Long Sault and everywhere else it polices.
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).