Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0Puslinch records less crime per resident than 96% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 28.2 and other offences for 29.6, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. None of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. On crime the police covering Puslinch reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #74 of 862 in Ontario. Per 1,000 residents a year, 4.9 violent incidents and 13.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Wellington County detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Puslinch
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Puslinch’s index of 29 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, Puslinch places 7th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 28.2 on Puslinch’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 29.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
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 Puslinch’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: #74 of 862 in Ontario and #94 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 Puslinch’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 | 13.3 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9 | 0.09 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.7 | 0.07 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 124.3 | 1.2 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 122 | 1.2 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.7 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 430 | 4.1 | 17% |
| Mischief | 240.7 | 2.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 20.7 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.7 | 1.2 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 38.7 | 0.4 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 30 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 89.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.1 | 15% |
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.
Puslinch is 7th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| 5 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 6 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| 7 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 8 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| 9 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 10 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Puslinch in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
106,900 residents, about 520 violent incidents a year: the police area Puslinch belongs to, 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 1,440 a year and other violations 420 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Puslinch, down 6% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (30); 2025 was the lightest, at 28.2. 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 | Puslinch | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 28.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 30 | 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 Puslinch, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Puslinch
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Puslinch. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Puslinch’s are shared with its surroundings.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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 Puslinch
Is Puslinch safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Puslinch scores 29 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 4.9 violent and 13.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Puslinch?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 4.1, fraud at 4 and assault at 2.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Puslinch?
The reverse: 30 in 2023 came down to 28.2 by 2025, 6% lower.
How much of Puslinch’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 35% of crime (69% of violent crime, 22% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Puslinch together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).