Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Stone Mills than in 97% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 33.5 for violence and 26.2 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Each year brought 7.6 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Counting crime the police covering Stone Mills reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #64 of 862 in Ontario.
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 Stone Mills
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Stone Mills’s index of 28.2 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Stone Mills places 4th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 46% of Stone Mills’s crime, weighted by seriousness (77% of violent crime, 30% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A+ for Stone Mills, and how it is built
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: #64 of 862 in Ontario and #72 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Stone Mills’s crime by kind
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 | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10.7 | 1.3 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9.7 | 1.1 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 15% |
| Mischief | 18 | 2.1 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19 | 2.2 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8 | 0.9 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Stone Mills places 4th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Stone Mills Ontario | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| 5 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 6 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| 7 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 8 | South-West Oxford Ontario | 8,375 | 34.5 | 42.9 | A |
| 9 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 10 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Stone Mills in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 65 violent incidents a year reached Stone Mills’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.
Add about 92 property crimes and 39 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Stone Mills’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (29.1) and 2023 the trough (27.7). For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stone Mills | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 29.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 27.7 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Stone Mills, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Stone Mills
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mills | 8,523 | 28.2 | 33.5 | A+ |
| Greater Napanee (21 km) | 18,016 | 73.9 | 103.7 | C+ |
| South Frontenac (25 km) | 21,599 | 27.1 | 32.9 | A+ |
| Loyalist (27 km) | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| Tyendinaga (28 km) | 5,005 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
| Deseronto (28 km) | 1,844 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
Nearby, 1 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Stone Mills. Just 25.1 km away, South Frontenac comes to 27.1, against 28.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 21–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stone Mills.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Stone Mills
Is Stone Mills safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Stone Mills scores 28.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 7.6 violent and 10.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Stone Mills?
Police record fraud most, 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (3.3) and other Criminal Code offences (2.9).
Is crime going up in Stone Mills?
Hardly at all, from 27.7 in 2023 to 27.7 in 2025.
How much of Stone Mills’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 46% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 77% of violent crime and 30% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Stone Mills’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).