Photo: P199 · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Millbrook than in 94% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 42.8 and its non-violent half to 27.5, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. Recorded violent incidents ran at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 12.2, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Measured on crime the police covering Millbrook reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #100 of 862 in Ontario. In 2023 the index stood at 34.8; it fell to 30.9 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Millbrook
Below Ontario’s typical town
Millbrook’s index of 31.7 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Millbrook places 4th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 45% of Millbrook’s crime, weighted by seriousness (79% of violent crime, 25% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Millbrook’s A for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Millbrook itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 32 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: #100 of 862 in Ontario and #134 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.
Millbrook’s crime by kind
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Breaking and entering | 56 | 1 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 93% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 49 | 0.9 | 23% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 19 | 0.3 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 182.7 | 3.3 | 14% |
| Mischief | 128.7 | 2.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 0.2 | 63% |
| Administration of justice violations | 82.3 | 1.5 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20 | 0.4 | 39% |
| Drug violations | 29.7 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 80 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5 | 0.09 | 14% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Millbrook places 4th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Georgian Bluffs Ontario | 12,061 | 29.2 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 4 | Millbrook Ontario | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| 5 | Adjala-Tosorontio Ontario | 11,948 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 6 | Tay Ontario | 11,968 | 34.3 | 46.4 | A |
| 7 | Thornbury Ontario | 11,162 | 36.5 | 46.3 | A |
| 8 | Morrisburg Ontario | 11,943 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 9 | Ramara Ontario | 11,551 | 37.3 | 55.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Dundalk Ontario | 11,599 | 40.6 | 49.1 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Arnprior Ontario | 11,459 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Millbrook in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Millbrook, 55,500 residents: around 370 violent incidents a year, 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.
Property crime adds about 670 a year and other violations 280 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Millbrook, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 34.8 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 29.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Millbrook | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 29.4 | 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 Millbrook, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Millbrook
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| Otonabee-South Monaghan | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| Peterborough | 97,834 | 71.7 | 89.4 | C+ |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Millbrook. The nearest of them, Otonabee-South Monaghan (15.9 km away), scores 26 against 31.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Millbrook
Is Millbrook safe?
Millbrook’s Crime Severity Index is 31.7 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 6.7 violent incidents and 12.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Millbrook?
Top of the list is fraud (4.2 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 3.5, and theft under $5,000, at 3.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Millbrook?
The reverse: 34.8 in 2023 came down to 30.9 by 2025, 11% lower.
How much of Millbrook’s crime do police solve?
About 45% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 79% of violent and 25% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Millbrook and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).