Photo: Ainuvas · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Parkhill than in 98% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 29 and 24.6. Measured on crime the police covering Parkhill reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A+: #49 of 862 in Ontario. Out of every 1,000 residents, 5.1 violent incidents and 10.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. About 39% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian 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. Measured across the Middlesex detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Parkhill
Below Ontario’s typical town
Parkhill’s index of 25.7 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Parkhill places 2nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Parkhill stood at 28.6, by 2025 at 23.5. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
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 Parkhill’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: #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.
What police record in Parkhill, 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 40.3 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 93% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 43.3 | 1 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15.7 | 0.4 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 116 | 2.8 | 15% |
| Mischief | 82.3 | 2 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 53.7 | 1.3 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10 | 0.2 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Impaired driving | 47.3 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5.7 | 0.1 | 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Parkhill places 2nd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 5 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Colborne Ontario | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| 8 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized Ontario | 6,831 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| 17 | Oliver Paipoonge Ontario | 6,524 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Parkhill in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Parkhill, down 18% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (28.6); the low point came in 2025, at 23.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Parkhill | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 25.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 28.6 | 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 Parkhill, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 210 violent incidents a year in the 41,800-resident police area around Parkhill, 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 450 a year and other violations 170 (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 Parkhill
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkhill | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Forest (15 km) | 12,962 | 32.2 | 38.8 | A |
| Adelaide-Metcalfe (23 km) | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Exeter (23 km) | 10,781 | 55.2 | 73.8 | B |
| Lucan (23 km) | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Strathroy (23 km) | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Parkhill. 2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 15–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Parkhill.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A detachment’s area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Parkhill’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 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. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Parkhill
Is Parkhill safe?
The short answer is an index of 25.7 for Parkhill (2023–2025), built from 5.1 violent incidents and 10.7 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Parkhill?
Police record fraud most, 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (2.8) and assault (2.7).
Is crime going up in Parkhill?
The reverse: 28.6 in 2023 came down to 23.5 by 2025, 18% lower.
How much of Parkhill’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 39% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 71% of violent crime and 24% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Parkhill 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).