Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in McNab/Braeside than in 66% of Canadian towns
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. The index held steady between 2023 (46.1) and 2025 (47.4). On crime the police covering McNab/Braeside reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Violence accounts for an index of 81.8 and other offences for 40.6, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Arnprior detachment area.
What stands out about safety in McNab/Braeside
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, McNab/Braeside places 20th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 81.8 on McNab/Braeside’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 40.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 44% of crime in McNab/Braeside ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 60% of violent crime and 33% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
About the Ontario norm
McNab/Braeside’s index of 52.1 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. 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.
Inside McNab/Braeside’s B+ for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for McNab/Braeside itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 7 km away.
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: #295 of 862 in Ontario and #570 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 McNab/Braeside’s figures
Against the typical town its size, McNab/Braeside runs highest on fraud (6.5 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14.7 | 1.3 | 43% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8 | 0.7 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 84.3 | 7.6 | 25% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 3.8 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 3.8 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 9.3 | 0.8 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Around 160 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest McNab/Braeside (11,500 residents), 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 230 property crimes and 93 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
McNab/Braeside, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 62.8 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 46.1 in 2023. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | McNab/Braeside | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 62.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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 McNab/Braeside, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
McNab/Braeside is 20th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Aylmer Ontario | 8,371 | 49 | 63.6 | B+ |
| 18 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley British Columbia | 8,415 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 19 | Argyle Nova Scotia | 8,216 | 52.1 | 68.3 | B+ |
| 20 | McNab/Braeside Ontario | 8,340 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 21 | St. Marys Ontario | 8,203 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| 22 | La Malbaie Quebec | 8,293 | 57.2 | 83.8 | B |
| 23 | Lincoln New Brunswick | 8,093 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 McNab/Braeside in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around McNab/Braeside
McNab/Braeside sits above 1 of the 2 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Horton, 14.5 km away, at 29.1 to 52.1 here. One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
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. 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 McNab/Braeside
Is McNab/Braeside safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, McNab/Braeside scores 52.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 14.2 violent and 20.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in McNab/Braeside?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 7.6, assault at 6.9 and fraud at 6.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in McNab/Braeside?
Barely: 46.1 in 2023, 47.4 in 2025.
How much of McNab/Braeside’s crime do police solve?
About 44% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 60% of violent and 33% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for McNab/Braeside 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).