Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Otonabee-South Monaghan records less crime per resident than 98% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 27.2 for violence and 25.7 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Otonabee-South Monaghan’s Safety Grade is A+, on crime the police covering Otonabee-South Monaghan reported from 2023 to 2025: #49 of 862 in Ontario. Out of every 1,000 residents, 3.5 violent incidents and 10.1 incidents of property crime are reported annually, 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.
What stands out about safety in Otonabee-South Monaghan
Lower than most of Ontario
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Otonabee-South Monaghan, 26. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Otonabee-South Monaghan comes 3rd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
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 Otonabee-South Monaghan’s grade
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: #49 of 862 in Ontario and #54 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 Otonabee-South Monaghan, type by type
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 | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.7 | 1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.3 | 1.1 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25.3 | 3.2 | 15% |
| Mischief | 11.7 | 1.5 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 5.7 | 0.7 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8.3 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Otonabee-South Monaghan comes 3rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 3 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 29.4 | 30.1 | A+ |
| 6 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
| 7 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 8 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| 9 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 10 | North Stormont Ontario | 7,946 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 360 | 345 | 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 Otonabee-South Monaghan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Otonabee-South Monaghan recorded about 28 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 80 property crimes, plus 27 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Otonabee-South Monaghan’s index climbed 5%
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (26.6) and 2023 the trough (25). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Otonabee-South Monaghan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 26.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 25 | 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 Otonabee-South Monaghan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Otonabee-South Monaghan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otonabee-South Monaghan | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| Peterborough | 97,834 | 71.7 | 89.4 | C+ |
| Millbrook | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Otonabee-South Monaghan.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Otonabee-South Monaghan
Is Otonabee-South Monaghan safe?
Otonabee-South Monaghan scores 26 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 3.5 violent incidents and 10.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Otonabee-South Monaghan?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (2.8) and Criminal Code traffic offences (1.5).
Is crime going up in Otonabee-South Monaghan?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 5%, to 26.3 from 25.
How much of Otonabee-South Monaghan’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 42% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 77% of violent crime and 27% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Otonabee-South Monaghan 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).