Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Ramara than in 89% of Canadian towns
Police cleared 40% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size. What’s more, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Ramara reported put it at A for safety: #171 of 862 in Ontario. Typical years here bring 7.8 violent incidents plus 12.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 55.6 for violence and 30.3 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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 Orillia (Ramara) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Ramara
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Ramara, 37.3. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Ramara comes 9th, 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 sits behind Ramara’s A
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: #171 of 862 in Ontario and #227 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Ramara, by type
Against the typical town its size, Ramara runs highest on sexual assault (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft 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 | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 16 | 1.4 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 0.9 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 27.7 | 2.4 | 14% |
| Mischief | 17 | 1.5 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 16.7 | 1.5 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 6 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Impaired driving | 21 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Ramara stands 9th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Georgian Bluffs Ontario | 12,061 | 29.2 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 4 | Millbrook Ontario | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Tay Ontario | 11,968 | 34.3 | 46.4 | A |
| 7 | Thornbury Ontario | 11,162 | 36.5 | 46.3 | A |
| 8 | Morrisburg Ontario | 11,943 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 9 | Ramara Ontario | 11,551 | 37.3 | 55.6 | A |
| 10 | L'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,921 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 11 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,716 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 12 | Martensville Saskatchewan | 11,808 | 39.9 | 46.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Ramara in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Ramara, up 12% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 39.6, and 2023 lowest at 35.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Ramara | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 37.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 35.2 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Ramara, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Ramara is part of, 11,600 residents, recorded about 90 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 140 property crimes and 61 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Ramara
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramara | 11,551 | 37.3 | 55.6 | A |
| Chippewas of Rama First Nation | 1,149 | 193.2 | 255.2 | D |
| Orillia | 37,735 | 98.5 | 146.3 | C− |
| Severn | 15,716 | 41.7 | 48.8 | A− |
Ramara has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Ramara is one part.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Ramara
Is Ramara safe?
Against a typical 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Ramara’s Crime Severity Index stands at 37.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 7.8 violent incidents and 12 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Ramara?
Top of the list is fraud (5.2 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 3.4, and other Criminal Code offences, at 2.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Ramara?
Up 12%: 35.2 in 2023, 39.6 in 2025.
How much of Ramara’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 40% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 65% of violent crime and 22% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Ramara and everywhere else it polices.
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).