Photo: J. S. (Steve) Bond · CC BY-SA 4.0Morris-Turnberry records less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 36.6; it fell to 32.9 in 2025. What’s more, it grades A for safety on crime the police covering Morris-Turnberry reported from 2023 to 2025: #138 of 862 in Ontario. Split in two, the index gives 39.3 for violence and 33.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Per 1,000 residents a year, 6.2 violent incidents and 11.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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. Shared with the rest of the Huron (Huron/Wingham) detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Morris-Turnberry
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Morris-Turnberry, 35. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Morris-Turnberry comes 5th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 46% for Morris-Turnberry (77% violent, 30% 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.
What’s behind Morris-Turnberry’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 5 km from Morris-Turnberry, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #138 of 862 in Ontario and #174 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 Morris-Turnberry, type by type
Mischief 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 | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 39.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 25.3 | 1.1 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.4 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 57 | 2.4 | 15% |
| Mischief | 43.7 | 1.9 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Administration of justice violations | 58 | 2.5 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 0.4 | 54% |
| Drug violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 10 | 0.4 | 3% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Morris-Turnberry places 5th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Lake of Bays Ontario | 4,105 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 4 | Forty Mile County No. 8 Alberta | 3,927 | 34.4 | 26.6 | A |
| 5 | Morris-Turnberry Ontario | 4,028 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 6 | Haut-Madawaska New Brunswick | 4,098 | 36.3 | 44.6 | A |
| 7 | Barry's Bay Ontario | 4,151 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| 8 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 3,915 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Callander Ontario | 4,021 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Watford Ontario | 3,955 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Morris-Turnberry in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 150 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Morris-Turnberry (23,900 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.
And about 260 property crimes, plus 170 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Morris-Turnberry, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (36.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 32.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Morris-Turnberry | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 35.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 36.6 | 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 Morris-Turnberry, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Morris-Turnberry
Its police also cover one neighbouring place, which carries the same index and is left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Morris-Turnberry
Is Morris-Turnberry safe?
Morris-Turnberry scores 35 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 6.2 violent incidents and 11.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Morris-Turnberry?
Police record fraud most, 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (3.4) and other Criminal Code offences (3.3).
Is crime going up in Morris-Turnberry?
It went down 10% between 2023 and 2025, from 36.6 to 32.9.
How much of Morris-Turnberry’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 46% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 77% of violent and 30% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Morris-Turnberry 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).