Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0Midland sees more crime per resident than 69% of Canadian towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Violence accounts for an index of 97.3 and other offences for 76.3, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. The Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crime the police covering Midland reported through 2023 to 2025: #774 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, the yearly rates were 17.3 violent incidents and 39.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 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 Midland
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Midland records 2.2 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 81.8 in Midland. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Midland stands 31st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Midland’s police clear 46%, 68% of violent crime and 35% 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 C for Midland, and how it is built
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: #774 of 862 in Ontario and #1,745 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 Midland, by type
Against the typical town its size, Midland runs highest on drug offences (2.2 per 1,000 against 0.8), sexual assault (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.8) and theft under $5,000 (19.7 per 1,000 against 11.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.3 | 62% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 35% |
| Breaking and entering | 52 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.7 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21.7 | 1.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 19 | 1 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 380.3 | 19.7 | 21% |
| Mischief | 118 | 6.1 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 0.6 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 205.7 | 10.7 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 43.3 | 2.2 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 26.7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Midland comes 31st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Port Hope Ontario | 18,446 | 31.2 | 36.4 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Loyalist Ontario | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Westmount Quebec | 20,377 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Beaconsfield Quebec | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 31 | Midland Ontario | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| 32 | Miramichi New Brunswick | 19,402 | 82.1 | 89.1 | C |
| 33 | Sylvan Lake Alberta | 17,897 | 82.3 | 83.4 | C |
| 34 | Edmundston New Brunswick | 18,174 | 85 | 102.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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 Midland in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Midland, down 12% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 87.2 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 73.9 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Midland | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 87.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 84.3 | 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 Midland, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 330 violent incidents a year on Midland’s police records (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 750 property crimes and 390 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 Midland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| Penetanguishene | 11,141 | 56.4 | 92 | B |
| Tay | 11,968 | 34.3 | 46.4 | A |
| Tiny | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
The places around Midland all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Penetanguishene (4.9 km away), scores 56.4 against 81.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Midland
Is Midland safe?
Statistics Canada puts Midland at 81.8 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 17.3 and property crimes at 39 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Midland?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 19.7, other Criminal Code offences at 15.8 and assault at 8.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Midland?
Down 12%: 84.3 in 2023, 73.9 in 2025.
How much of Midland’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 68% of violent crime and 35% of everything else, 46% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Midland alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).