Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Lucan runs lower than in 98% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 29 and other offences to 24.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. In a usual year, 5.1 violent incidents and 10.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. On top of that, its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crime the police covering Lucan reported over 2023 to 2025: #49 of 862 in Ontario. None of the 3 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Middlesex detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Lucan
Below Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Lucan, 25.7. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Lucan comes 3rd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Lucan’s index went from 28.6 in 2023 to 23.5 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
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 Lucan’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: #49 of 862 in Ontario and #54 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Lucan’s figures
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 | 7 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 40.3 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 93% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 43.3 | 1 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15.7 | 0.4 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 116 | 2.8 | 15% |
| Mischief | 82.3 | 2 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 53.7 | 1.3 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10 | 0.2 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Impaired driving | 47.3 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0% |
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Lucan comes 3rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 5 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 6 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Tweed Ontario | 6,504 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized Ontario | 6,831 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| 18 | Oliver Paipoonge Ontario | 6,524 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Lucan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Lucan’s index dropped 18%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 28.6; the lightest was 2025, at 23.5. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Lucan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 25.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 28.6 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Lucan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 210 violent incidents a year across the police area of 41,800 residents that includes Lucan, 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 450 property crimes, plus 170 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Lucan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Exeter | 10,781 | 55.2 | 73.8 | B |
| Sunningdale | 21,645 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Uplands | 8,819 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
The places around Lucan all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
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. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Lucan’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 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 Lucan
Is Lucan safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Lucan’s Crime Severity Index stands at 25.7 for 2023–2025. Its police record 5.1 violent incidents and 10.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lucan?
Most often it is fraud: 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 2.8 and assault at 2.7.
Is crime going up in Lucan?
The reverse: 28.6 in 2023 came down to 23.5 by 2025, 18% lower.
How much of Lucan’s crime do police solve?
39%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 71% and non-violent crime at 24%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Lucan together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).