Photo: MikeStnly · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Minden Hills than in 77% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of A− follows from crime the police covering Minden Hills reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #223 of 862 in Ontario. Its violent half comes to 49.5 and its non-violent half to 43.2, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The yearly rates were 9.7 violent incidents and 16.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. By 2025 the index had dropped to 44.3, down from 49.2 in 2023.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Haliburton Highlands detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Minden Hills
A busy place, counted per resident
Seasonal homes make up about 46% of Minden Hills’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Minden Hills places 16th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Ontario
Minden Hills’s index of 44.7 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 46% for Minden Hills (76% violent, 33% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A− for Minden Hills, 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: #223 of 862 in Ontario and #407 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.
Crime in Minden Hills, type by type
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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.10 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 48 | 2.3 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31.3 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 103.7 | 5 | 19% |
| Mischief | 62 | 3 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 0.6 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 82.3 | 3.9 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.6 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 12 | 0.6 | 89% |
| Impaired driving | 30 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 0.10 | — |
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.
Minden Hills, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 49.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 40.7 in 2024. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Minden Hills | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 40.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 49.2 | 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 Minden Hills, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Minden Hills is part of, 21,100 residents, recorded about 200 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.
And about 350 property crimes, plus 190 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Minden Hills places 16th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 6 | Chatsworth Ontario | 7,770 | 32 | 38.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 14 | Donnacona Quebec | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 15 | Haliburton Village Ontario | 8,100 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 16 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 17 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| 18 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 19 | Cornwall Prince Edward Island | 7,920 | 46.9 | 58 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | 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 Minden Hills in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Minden Hills
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden Hills | 7,841 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| Algonquin Highlands (18 km) | 2,915 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| Haliburton Village (23 km) | 8,100 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| Highlands East (35 km) | 4,372 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| Trent Lakes (43 km) | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| Lake of Bays (49 km) | 4,105 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Minden Hills. Closest is Trent Lakes, 43.1 km away, at 20.6 to 44.7 here. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Minden Hills has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–49 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Minden Hills is one part.
Questions about safety in Minden Hills
Is Minden Hills safe?
Police-reported crime in Minden Hills scores 44.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.7 violent incidents and 16.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Minden Hills?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (5.7 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 5.1, and theft under $5,000, at 5, follow.
Is crime going up in Minden Hills?
The reverse: 49.2 in 2023 came down to 44.3 by 2025, 10% lower.
How much of Minden Hills’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 46%: 76% for violent crime and 33% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Minden Hills 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).