Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in South Glengarry than in 90% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 8.0 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size). What’s more, in 2023 the index stood at 39.2; it fell to 34.4 in 2025. It grades A for safety on crime the police covering South Glengarry reported from 2023 to 2025: #162 of 862 in Ontario. Of the two halves, violence comes to 47.2 and other offences to 33.1, beside norms 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry detachment area.
What stands out about safety in South Glengarry
Below Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; South Glengarry, 36.9. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, South Glengarry comes 8th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 43% for South Glengarry (74% violent, 26% 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.
Inside South Glengarry’s A for safety
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: #162 of 862 in Ontario and #213 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.
Crime in South Glengarry, type by type
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 | 15.3 | 0.2 | 87% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.10 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 71% |
| Breaking and entering | 85.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 109.7 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 48 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 255.7 | 3.5 | 17% |
| Mischief | 171.3 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 18 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 196.7 | 2.7 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 24.7 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 26.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 68.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, South Glengarry places 8th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Rockwood Ontario | 14,870 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Mount Forest Ontario | 14,407 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Central Elgin Ontario | 15,230 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 6 | Warman Saskatchewan | 14,245 | 32.3 | 41.7 | A |
| 7 | Long Sault Ontario | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 8 | South Glengarry Ontario | 14,355 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 9 | Campbellford Ontario | 15,103 | 37 | 48.3 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Amable Quebec | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie Quebec | 13,873 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Beaverton Ontario | 13,710 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 South Glengarry in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
South Glengarry, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (39.2); 2025 was the lightest, at 34.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | South Glengarry | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 37.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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 South Glengarry, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area South Glengarry is part of, 72,300 residents, recorded about 580 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 1,040 property crimes, plus 420 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around South Glengarry
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Glengarry | 14,355 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| Akwesasne | 2,562 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Cornwall | 54,346 | 104.5 | 126.4 | C− |
| Akwesasne (Part) 59 | 1,947 | 48.7 | 53.5 | B+ |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
The places around South Glengarry all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so South Glengarry’s are shared with its surroundings.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- 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 South Glengarry
Is South Glengarry safe?
With 8 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, South Glengarry comes to 36.9 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in South Glengarry?
Top of the list is fraud (4.9 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 3.8, and assault, at 3.6, follow.
Is crime going up in South Glengarry?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 39.2 to 34.4.
How much of South Glengarry’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 74% of violent crime and 26% of everything else, 43% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for South Glengarry 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).