Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Rockland than in 87% of Canadian towns
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. What’s more, typical years here bring 7.5 violent incidents plus 13.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size. On crime the police covering Rockland reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #182 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 56.7 and 31.1.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Russell County (Rockland) detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Rockland
Lighter than in 2023
From 46.1 in 2023 to 31.6 in 2025: that is Rockland’s index, against 69.5 and 60 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Rockland comes 7th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Rockland, 38.2. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 47% for Rockland (82% violent, 22% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. 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 Rockland’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: #182 of 862 in Ontario and #262 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Rockland’s index dropped 31%
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 46.1 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 31.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rockland | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 36.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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 Rockland, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Rockland, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Rockland runs highest on fraud (6.3 per 1,000 against 5.1) and sexual assault (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.8). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12.7 | 0.4 | 92% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.2 | 93% |
| Breaking and entering | 19 | 0.6 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 53 | 1.8 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 16.3 | 0.6 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 65.3 | 2.2 | 17% |
| Mischief | 48.7 | 1.6 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 44.7 | 1.5 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 0.4 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Impaired driving | 52.3 | 1.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.7 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Rockland is 7th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergus Ontario | 34,565 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Angus Ontario | 26,036 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 3 | Picton Ontario | 27,544 | 35.5 | 50.9 | A |
| 4 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 37 | 46.8 | A |
| 5 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 7 | Rockland Ontario | 30,375 | 38.2 | 56.7 | A |
| 8 | Strathroy Ontario | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 10 | La Prairie Quebec | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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 Rockland in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Rockland is part of, 30,400 residents, recorded about 220 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 390 property crimes and 150 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 Rockland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland | 30,375 | 38.2 | 56.7 | A |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | 1,016 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Cumberland | 6,139 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre | 15,388 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
1 of the 6 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Rockland. L'Ange-Gardien, 17.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 29.4 to 38.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Rockland is one part.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Rockland
Is Rockland safe?
The short answer is an index of 38.2 for Rockland (2023–2025), built from 7.5 violent incidents and 13.4 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Rockland?
Most often it is fraud: 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 3.4 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.4.
Is crime going up in Rockland?
It went down 31% between 2023 and 2025, from 46.1 to 31.6.
How much of Rockland’s crime do police solve?
About 47% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 82% of violent and 22% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Rockland 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).