Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Perry sees less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Police clear 41% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%. Recorded violent incidents ran at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 13.4, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Perry reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #120 of 862 in Ontario. Split in two, the index gives 34.7 for violence and 32.3 for everything else (normally 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Huntsville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Perry
More people here than live here
About 33% of Perry’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Below Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Perry, 32.8. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Perry comes 1st, 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 Perry’s grade
How sure: Less sure, as Perry has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 22 km away.
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: #120 of 862 in Ontario and #156 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 Perry’s figures
Assault 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 | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 1.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15 | 3.4 | 2% |
| Mischief | 12.3 | 2.8 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 18 | 4.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
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, Perry places 1st
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 4 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Algonquin Highlands Ontario | 2,915 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Atikokan Ontario | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Addington Highlands Ontario | 2,827 | 84.5 | 105.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Black River-Matheson Ontario | 2,899 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Athabasca Alberta | 2,887 | 165 | 138.6 | 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 Perry in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Perry, 4,440 residents, recorded about 24 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.
Add about 59 property crimes and 36 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Perry, each year
Crime Severity Index
At 38, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 27.2. 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 | Perry | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 33 | 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 Perry, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Perry
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Armour | 1,698 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Kearney | 1,055 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| Burk's Falls | 1,031 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
3 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 4,442 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Perry
Is Perry safe?
Police-reported crime in Perry scores 32.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 5.4 violent incidents and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Perry?
Top of the list is Criminal Code traffic offences (5.1 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 4.6, and theft under $5,000, at 3.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Perry?
The reverse: 33 in 2023 came down to 27.2 by 2025, 18% lower. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Perry’s crime do police solve?
About 41% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 73% of violent and 26% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Perry 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).