Photo: Michael from Calgary, AB, Canada · CC BY 2.0Per resident, Mulmur records less crime than almost every Canadian town
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Counting crime the police covering Mulmur reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #27 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, the yearly rates were 3.7 violent incidents and 12.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 17.5 and its non-violent half to 26.9, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8.
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 Mulmur
Lower than most of Ontario
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 24 in Mulmur. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 17.5 on Mulmur’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 26.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Mulmur stands 1st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 26% of crime in Mulmur ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 65% of violent crime and 20% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. 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 Mulmur’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: #27 of 862 in Ontario and #29 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.
Which crimes make up Mulmur’s figures
Theft under $5,000 and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5.3 | 1.4 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18 | 4.7 | 7% |
| Mischief | 3.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4 | 1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Impaired driving | 5 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
By its index, Mulmur stands 1st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Forty Mile County No. 8 Alberta | 3,927 | 34.4 | 26.6 | A |
| 3 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | East Hawkesbury Ontario | 3,787 | 70.8 | 123.5 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Blind River Ontario | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cowichan Bay British Columbia | 3,713 | 131.7 | 149.7 | 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 Mulmur in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Mulmur recorded about 14 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 48 property crimes, plus 13 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Mulmur’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 25.6 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 21.8 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mulmur | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 25.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 24.7 | 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 Mulmur, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Mulmur
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulmur | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| Adjala-Tosorontio | 11,948 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| Shelburne | 10,767 | 35.2 | 52.8 | A |
| Melancthon | 3,581 | 68.8 | 125.9 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Mulmur.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. With roughly 3,813 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Mulmur
Is Mulmur safe?
Mulmur’s Crime Severity Index is 24 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 3.7 violent incidents and 12.6 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 Mulmur?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.8 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 1.7.
Is crime going up in Mulmur?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 24.7 to 21.8. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Mulmur’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 26% of crime (65% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Mulmur and nowhere else.
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).