Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0South Frontenac sees less crime per resident than 98% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 32.9 and other offences to 25.1, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Year on year, 5.7 violent incidents and 10.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. On top of that, that puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering South Frontenac reported from 2023 to 2025: #49 of 862 in Ontario. The index rose from 26.1 in 2023 to 29.2 in 2025.
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 South Frontenac
Below Ontario’s typical town
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 27.1 in South Frontenac. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and South Frontenac stands 5th, the lowest first. 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 South Frontenac’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: #49 of 862 in Ontario and #54 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 South Frontenac, by type
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 | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.7 | 1 | 7% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.4 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 44 | 2 | 11% |
| Mischief | 42 | 1.9 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 52% |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.3 | 1.4 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.2 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 17.3 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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.
South Frontenac comes 5th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Bridgenorth Ontario | 20,628 | 21.2 | 23.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver British Columbia | 22,031 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| 4 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 5 | South Frontenac Ontario | 21,599 | 27.1 | 32.9 | A+ |
| 6 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 7 | Loyalist Ontario | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| 8 | Varennes Quebec | 21,490 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 9 | Kemptville Ontario | 19,733 | 37.9 | 52.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Uxbridge Ontario | 22,618 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Tillsonburg Ontario | 21,450 | 54.1 | 63.3 | B |
| 17 | Port Colborne Ontario | 21,921 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 South Frontenac in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 120 violent incidents a year on South Frontenac’s police records (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 230 property crimes, plus 82 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
South Frontenac, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (29.2); 2023 was the low point, at 26.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | South Frontenac | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 26.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 26.1 | 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 South Frontenac, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around South Frontenac
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Frontenac | 21,599 | 27.1 | 32.9 | A+ |
| Kingston (20 km) | 149,527 | 73.9 | 72.6 | C+ |
| Stone Mills (25 km) | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| Loyalist (26 km) | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| Frontenac Islands (30 km) | 1,963 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
South Frontenac has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to South Frontenac with figures are 20–30 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in South Frontenac
Is South Frontenac safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for South Frontenac comes to 27.1. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 5.7 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in South Frontenac?
Police record fraud most, 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (2.4) and other Criminal Code offences (2.1).
Is crime going up in South Frontenac?
It went up 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 26.1 to 29.2.
How much of South Frontenac’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 37% 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?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers South Frontenac 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).