Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Quinte West runs lower than in 65% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 55.2 in 2023 to 49.9 in 2025. On the record of crime the police covering Quinte West reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B+ for safety: #358 of 862 in Ontario. Behind the grade sit 12.4 violent incidents and 19.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 73.2 and other offences to 45.2, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2.
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 Quinte West
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 52% for Quinte West (76% violent, 37% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Quinte West comes 17th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Quinte West, 52.9. 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 B+ for Quinte West, 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: #358 of 862 in Ontario and #639 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Crime in Quinte West, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Quinte West runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8), fraud (6.2 per 1,000 against 5) and assault (5.9 per 1,000 against 4.9). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14 | 0.3 | 81% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 4.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 8 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.2 | 59% |
| Breaking and entering | 64 | 1.3 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15.3 | 0.3 | 83% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 44.3 | 0.9 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27 | 0.6 | 29% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 305 | 6.3 | 30% |
| Mischief | 183.7 | 3.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 23.3 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Administration of justice violations | 218.7 | 4.5 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30 | 0.6 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 44 | 0.9 | 77% |
| Impaired driving | 109 | 2.2 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5 | 0.1 | 20% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Quinte West, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 55.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 49.9 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Quinte West | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 53.5 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 55.2 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Quinte West, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Quinte West recorded about 600 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 950 property crimes, plus 540 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Quinte West places 17th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 3 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Stouffville Ontario | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 15 | Keswick Ontario | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 16 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 17 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| 18 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 19 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 20 | Saint-Eustache Quebec | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Quinte West in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Quinte West
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinte West | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| Belleville | 62,914 | 76.8 | 94.1 | C+ |
| Brighton | 12,900 | 46.9 | 65.6 | B+ |
1 of the 2 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Quinte West. The nearest of them, Brighton (16.6 km away), scores 46.9 against 52.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Quinte West
Is Quinte West safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Quinte West comes to 52.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 12.4 violent incidents and 19.5 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Quinte West?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (6.3) and fraud (6.2).
Is crime going up in Quinte West?
The reverse: 55.2 in 2023 came down to 49.9 by 2025, 10% lower.
How much of Quinte West’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 76% of violent crime and 37% of everything else, 52% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Quinte West and nowhere else.
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).