Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Plympton-Wyoming runs higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Typical years here bring 53.3 violent incidents plus 95.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 378.3 and 318.9. Scored on crime the police covering Plympton-Wyoming reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D− for safety: #857 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. Shared with the rest of the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Plympton-Wyoming
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Plympton-Wyoming records 8.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Plympton-Wyoming’s index of 333.9 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Plympton-Wyoming places 40th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 50% of crime in Plympton-Wyoming ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 74% of violent crime and 38% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
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 Plympton-Wyoming’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: #857 of 862 in Ontario and #2,545 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 Plympton-Wyoming’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Plympton-Wyoming runs highest on drug offences (8.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (16.5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and mischief (23.3 per 1,000 against 4.9).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 1.7 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 16.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.7 | 8.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 4.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 33.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 23.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 17 | 9.4 | 29% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54 | 29.7 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 5.9 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 8.4 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 39.7 | 21.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 1.3 | — |
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.
By its index, Plympton-Wyoming stands 40th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanley Manitoba | 9,929 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Palmerston Ontario | 10,029 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Thamesford Ontario | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 7 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 8 | Mono Ontario | 10,036 | 34.9 | 55.4 | A |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Castlegar British Columbia | 9,465 | 107.5 | 94.1 | C− |
| 38 | Saint-Rémi Quebec | 9,557 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 39 | Oromocto New Brunswick | 9,451 | 138.7 | 183.5 | D |
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Plympton-Wyoming in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Plympton-Wyoming is part of, 1,840 residents, recorded about 97 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 170 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Plympton-Wyoming’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 360.3, and its lowest 2025, at 287.3. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Plympton-Wyoming | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 354.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 360.3 | 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 Plympton-Wyoming, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Plympton-Wyoming
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plympton-Wyoming | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Petrolia | 6,422 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Enniskillen | 3,174 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A small police area. The police behind these figures serve about 1,836 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Plympton-Wyoming’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Plympton-Wyoming
Is Plympton-Wyoming safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 333.9 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Plympton-Wyoming stands, with 53.3 violent and 95 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Plympton-Wyoming?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 52.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 33.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 32.8.
Is crime going up in Plympton-Wyoming?
Down 20%: 360.3 in 2023, 287.3 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Plympton-Wyoming’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 50% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 74% of violent and 38% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Plympton-Wyoming 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).