Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Melancthon records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 68.8, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Weighing it all, Melancthon earns B− for safety (#637 of 862 in Ontario), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 6.9 violent incidents and 15.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Melancthon
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Melancthon’s two halves part ways: 125.9 for violence (typical 85.7) and 46.5 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Melancthon comes 20th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Over the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Melancthon, 68.8. 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.
Melancthon: B− for safety, and why
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: #637 of 862 in Ontario and #1,340 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.
Melancthon’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.3 | 2.1 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.3 | 2.4 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 15% |
| Mischief | 7.7 | 2.2 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 5.3 | 1.5 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 7 | 2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 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.
Melancthon’s police: about 24 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 56 property crimes and 21 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Melancthon, each year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 82.6, with 2023 the lightest at 46. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Melancthon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 77.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 46 | 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 Melancthon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Melancthon places 20th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Shuniah Ontario | 3,458 | 29.8 | 60 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,570 | 67.5 | 73.9 | B− |
| 18 | WestLake-Gladstone Manitoba | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 19 | Saint-Thomas Quebec | 3,477 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 20 | Melancthon Ontario | 3,581 | 68.8 | 125.9 | B− |
| 21 | Dunham Quebec | 3,632 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 22 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| 23 | Blind River Ontario | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part Ontario | 3,606 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Melancthon in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Melancthon
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Melancthon. Shelburne, 10.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 35.2 to 68.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- A small police area. With roughly 3,581 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Melancthon
Is Melancthon safe?
With 6.9 violent incidents and 15.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Melancthon comes to 68.8 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Melancthon?
Police record assault most, 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (3.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.3).
Is crime going up in Melancthon?
Yes: the index rose 79%, from 46 in 2023 to 82.6 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Melancthon’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 38% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 54% of violent crime and 29% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Melancthon 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).