Photo: Benjamin Pickles · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Paris records less crime than nine in ten Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 5.4 violent incidents and 16.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 30.9 and other offences to 39.2, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. A Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Paris reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #162 of 862 in Ontario.
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 Paris
Non-violent crime leads the index
Paris scores 30.9 for violence and 39.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
Down since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Paris moved from 42.5 to 32.2, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Paris, 36.6. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Paris comes 6th, 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.
The A for Paris, 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: #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.
From 2023 to 2025, Paris’s index dropped 24%
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 42.5, and its lowest 2025, at 32.2. 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 | Paris | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 35.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 42.5 | 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 Paris, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Paris, type by type
Assault 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 | 8 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 82.7 | 1.9 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.7 | 0.2 | 52% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 114 | 2.6 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27 | 0.6 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 178.3 | 4 | 12% |
| Mischief | 123.3 | 2.8 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 11.7 | 0.3 | 26% |
| Administration of justice violations | 60.3 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 0.4 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 13 | 0.3 | 56% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 9.7 | 0.2 | 18% |
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.
Paris comes 6th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 5 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 6 | Paris Ontario | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| 7 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Cochrane Alberta | 39,397 | 39.7 | 38.9 | A |
| 9 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Keswick Ontario | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 13 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Paris in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Paris recorded about 240 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 720 a year and other violations 240 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Paris
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| Brantford | 123,521 | 78.7 | 101.8 | C |
| Ayr | 13,051 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Plattsville | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
1 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Paris. Just 16.4 km away, Plattsville comes to 25.1, against 36.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Paris
Is Paris safe?
Police-reported crime in Paris scores 36.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 5.4 violent incidents and 16.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Paris?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 4.1, theft under $5,000 at 4 and mischief at 2.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Paris?
No: the index fell 24%, from 42.5 in 2023 to 32.2 in 2025.
How much of Paris’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 66% of violent crime and 18% of everything else, 30% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Paris alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).