Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Plattsville sees less crime per resident than almost any other Canadian town
Split in two, the index gives 27.5 for violence and 24.4 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). In 2023 the index stood at 25.1; it fell to 23.4 in 2025. Its Safety Grade is A+, on crime the police covering Plattsville reported from 2023 to 2025: #27 of 862 in Ontario. The yearly rates were 3.2 violent incidents and 10.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set 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 Plattsville
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Plattsville’s index of 25.1 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, Plattsville places 3rd from the lowest 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 Plattsville, 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: #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 Plattsville’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 | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 11 | 1.3 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 1.6 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20 | 2.4 | 0% |
| Mischief | 18 | 2.2 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
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, Plattsville stands 3rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 5 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| 6 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 10 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| 11 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 12 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | 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 Plattsville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Plattsville recorded about 27 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 85 property crimes, plus 20 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Plattsville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 26.8, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 23.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Plattsville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 26.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 25.1 | 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 Plattsville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Plattsville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plattsville | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| Ayr | 13,051 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Paris | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| Rosenberg | 9,831 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 69.7 | 61.8 | C+ |
| Doon South | 15,044 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Plattsville.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Plattsville
Is Plattsville safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 25.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Plattsville stands, with 3.2 violent and 10.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Plattsville?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 2.2 and mischief at 2.2.
Is crime going up in Plattsville?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 7%, to 23.4 from 25.1.
How much of Plattsville’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 39% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 70% 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 contract that serves Plattsville 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).