Photo: Doktor Ellis · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Morrisburg runs lower than in 90% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 39.2; it fell to 34.4 in 2025. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Morrisburg reported put it at A for safety: #162 of 862 in Ontario. Of the two halves, violence comes to 47.2 and other offences to 33.1, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. The yearly rates were 8.0 violent incidents and 14.5 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Morrisburg
Lower than most of Ontario
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Morrisburg scores 36.9. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Morrisburg is 10th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Morrisburg’s police clear 43%, 74% of violent crime and 26% 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.
What sits behind Morrisburg’s A
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: #162 of 862 in Ontario and #213 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 Morrisburg, by type
Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 15.3 | 0.2 | 87% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.10 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 71% |
| Breaking and entering | 85.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 109.7 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 48 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 255.7 | 3.5 | 17% |
| Mischief | 171.3 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 18 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 196.7 | 2.7 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 24.7 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 26.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 68.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Morrisburg, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 39.2, and its lowest 2025, at 34.4. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Morrisburg | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 37.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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 Morrisburg, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Morrisburg is part of, 72,300 residents, recorded about 580 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 1,040 a year and other violations 420 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Morrisburg comes 10th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Norwich Ontario | 12,321 | 31.5 | 27.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Quebec | 12,427 | 32.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 8 | Adjala-Tosorontio Ontario | 11,948 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 9 | Tay Ontario | 11,968 | 34.3 | 46.4 | A |
| 10 | Morrisburg Ontario | 11,943 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 11 | Ramara Ontario | 11,551 | 37.3 | 55.6 | A |
| 12 | Bromont Quebec | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| 13 | L'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,921 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 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 Morrisburg in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Morrisburg
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisburg | 11,943 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Cardinal (18 km) | 7,952 | 51.4 | 74.1 | B+ |
| Winchester (20 km) | 12,706 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Prescott (31 km) | 4,342 | 111.5 | 167.1 | C− |
| Long Sault (31 km) | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Kemptville (32 km) | 19,733 | 37.9 | 52.9 | A |
Morrisburg has the lowest index of the places around it. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Morrisburg with figures are 18–32 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Morrisburg together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Morrisburg
Is Morrisburg safe?
With 8 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Morrisburg comes to 36.9 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in Morrisburg?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (3.8) and assault (3.6).
Is crime going up in Morrisburg?
No: the index fell 12%, from 39.2 in 2023 to 34.4 in 2025.
How much of Morrisburg’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 43% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 74% of violent crime and 26% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Morrisburg and everywhere else it polices.
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).