Photo: Nelro2 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Seaforth than in 70% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 53.6 in 2023 to 47.3 in 2025. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Seaforth reported put it at B+ for safety: #267 of 862 in Ontario. Behind the grade sit 11.6 violent incidents and 15.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Violence accounts for an index of 67.1 and other offences for 42.3, against usual levels of 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.
What stands out about safety in Seaforth
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Seaforth stands 16th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 44% of Seaforth’s crime, weighted by seriousness (75% of violent crime, 24% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 49.1 in Seaforth. 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’s behind Seaforth’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: #267 of 862 in Ontario and #502 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.
Seaforth’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Seaforth runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 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 | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20.7 | 2 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14 | 1.4 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 32.3 | 3.1 | 11% |
| Mischief | 37.7 | 3.7 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 36.7 | 3.6 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.6 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 6.3 | 0.6 | 68% |
| Impaired driving | 12 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Seaforth, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 53.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 46.5. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Seaforth | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 46.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 53.6 | 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 Seaforth, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Seaforth recorded about 120 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 160 property crimes and 82 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Seaforth is 16th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Palmerston Ontario | 10,029 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 5 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 6 | Mono Ontario | 10,036 | 34.9 | 55.4 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 14 | Walkerton Ontario | 10,811 | 47.4 | 56.9 | B+ |
| 15 | Bois-des-Filion Quebec | 10,666 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 16 | Seaforth Ontario | 10,402 | 49.1 | 67.1 | B+ |
| 17 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands Ontario | 10,185 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 18 | Elizabethtown-Kitley Ontario | 9,886 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 19 | Shawnigan British Columbia | 9,903 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | 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 Seaforth in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Seaforth
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaforth | 10,402 | 49.1 | 67.1 | B+ |
| Mitchell (19 km) | 10,080 | 44.1 | 52.1 | A− |
| Clinton (22 km) | 8,318 | 72.5 | 106.8 | C+ |
| Morris-Turnberry (28 km) | 4,028 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| Wingham (30 km) | 5,411 | 52.3 | 65.1 | B+ |
| Bayfield (30 km) | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
Nearby, 3 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Seaforth. Closest is Mitchell, 18.7 km away, at 44.1 to 49.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Seaforth with figures are 19–30 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
Questions about safety in Seaforth
Is Seaforth safe?
Its police recorded 11.6 violent incidents and 15.9 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Seaforth a Crime Severity Index of 49.1. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Seaforth?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5.4, other Criminal Code offences at 4.9 and fraud at 4.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Seaforth?
The reverse: 53.6 in 2023 came down to 47.3 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of Seaforth’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 75% of violent crime and 24% of everything else, 44% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Seaforth’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).