Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Springwater records less crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Of the two halves, violence comes to 21.7 and other offences to 23.5, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. What’s more, on crime the police covering Springwater reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #27 of 862 in Ontario. Violence and property crime split as 3.2 violent incidents and 10.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 Springwater
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 22.8 in Springwater. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Springwater stands 1st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 21.7 on Springwater’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 23.5 against 56. By type ↓
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 Springwater’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: #27 of 862 in Ontario and #29 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.
Which crimes make up Springwater’s figures
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 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22 | 0.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.3 | 1 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 62.7 | 2.6 | 12% |
| Mischief | 47 | 2 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 18 | 0.7 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 39 | 1.6 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
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.
Springwater is 1st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver British Columbia | 22,031 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| 3 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Embrun Ontario | 23,655 | 26.9 | 39.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 27 | 31.5 | A+ |
| 6 | Tecumseh Ontario | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
| 7 | Kingsville Ontario | 25,302 | 29.8 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Angus Ontario | 26,036 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 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 Springwater in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 76 violent incidents a year reached Springwater’s police, 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.
Property crime adds about 240 a year and other violations 96 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Springwater, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (23.3); 2024 was the low point, at 22.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Springwater | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 22.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 22.9 | 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 Springwater, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Springwater
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Springwater.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Springwater
Is Springwater safe?
Police-reported crime in Springwater scores 22.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 3.2 violent incidents and 10.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Springwater?
Fraud is the most common, at 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (2.6) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.4).
Is crime going up in Springwater?
Barely: 22.9 in 2023, 23.3 in 2025.
How much of Springwater’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 33%: 58% for violent crime and 25% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Springwater’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).