Photo: Shhewitt · CC0Loyalist sees less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 8.9 violent incidents and 14.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Add to that, it grades A for safety on crime the police covering Loyalist reported from 2023 to 2025: #150 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 52.3 and 29.3. The index rose from 34.8 in 2023 to 37.5 in 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 Loyalist
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Loyalist, 35.7. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Loyalist comes 8th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Loyalist’s police clear 49%, 80% of violent crime and 28% 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.
The grade: A for Loyalist
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: #150 of 862 in Ontario and #192 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 Loyalist, by type
Against the typical town its size, Loyalist runs highest on sexual assault (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 18 | 0.9 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 1 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 95.7 | 4.9 | 16% |
| Mischief | 51.7 | 2.7 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 40.3 | 2.1 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 65% |
| Impaired driving | 17.3 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
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.
Loyalist is 8th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Bridgenorth Ontario | 20,628 | 21.2 | 23.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Petawawa Ontario | 19,606 | 29.3 | 42.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 6 | Port Hope Ontario | 18,446 | 31.2 | 36.4 | A |
| 7 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 34.7 | 33.1 | A |
| 8 | Loyalist Ontario | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| 9 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Kemptville Ontario | 19,733 | 37.9 | 52.9 | A |
| 11 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Bracebridge Ontario | 18,676 | 46.7 | 69.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Port Elgin Ontario | 18,167 | 50.1 | 68.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 Loyalist in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Loyalist’s police: about 170 violent incidents a year over 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 280 property crimes and 100 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Loyalist, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (37.5); the lightest was 2023 (34.8). In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Loyalist | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 34.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 34.8 | 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 Loyalist, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Loyalist
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyalist | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| Kingston (13 km) | 149,527 | 73.9 | 72.6 | C+ |
| Greater Napanee (23 km) | 18,016 | 73.9 | 103.7 | C+ |
| South Frontenac (26 km) | 21,599 | 27.1 | 32.9 | A+ |
| Frontenac Islands (27 km) | 1,963 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| Stone Mills (27 km) | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Loyalist. Closest is South Frontenac, 25.5 km away, at 27.1 to 35.7 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–27 km from Loyalist.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Loyalist
Is Loyalist safe?
Loyalist measures 35.7 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 8.9 violent incidents and 14.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Loyalist?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4.1 and assault at 4.
Is crime going up in Loyalist?
Up 8%: 34.8 in 2023, 37.5 in 2025.
How much of Loyalist’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 49% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 80% of violent crime and 28% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Loyalist 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).