Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Strathroy than in 87% of Canadian towns
Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Strathroy’s letter for safety is A, worked out from crime the police covering Strathroy reported over 2023 to 2025: #182 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 47.8 and 35.5. Out of every 1,000 residents, 6.7 violent incidents and 14.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 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 Strathroy
Lower than most of Ontario
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 38.8 in Strathroy. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Strathroy stands 11th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Strathroy ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 72% of violent crime and 33% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
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 Strathroy’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: #182 of 862 in Ontario and #262 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 Strathroy’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Strathroy runs highest on drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Assault and break and enter 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 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.3 | 0.8 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.7 | 0.3 | 56% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 24.7 | 0.9 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10.7 | 0.4 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 132 | 5 | 31% |
| Mischief | 64.7 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.3 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 92 | 3.5 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.4 | 57% |
| Drug violations | 29 | 1.1 | 69% |
| Impaired driving | 33.3 | 1.3 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 0.08 | — |
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.
Police in Strathroy recorded about 180 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.
Property crime adds about 390 a year and other violations 210 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
By its index, Strathroy stands 11th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Embrun Ontario | 23,655 | 26.9 | 39.7 | A+ |
| 3 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 27 | 31.5 | A+ |
| 4 | Tecumseh Ontario | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 37 | 46.8 | A |
| 9 | Beloeil Quebec | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Essex Ontario | 23,872 | 37.3 | 63.2 | A |
| 11 | Strathroy Ontario | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| 12 | Foothills County Alberta | 25,789 | 39.1 | 30.5 | A |
| 13 | L'Assomption Quebec | 25,126 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 14 | La Prairie Quebec | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Fort St. John British Columbia | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | 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 Strathroy in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Strathroy, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 40 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 37.3 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Strathroy | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 40 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.1 | 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 Strathroy, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Strathroy
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathroy | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| Adelaide-Metcalfe | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| Middlesex Centre | 21,689 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| River Bend | 5,930 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
Strathroy sits above 2 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Adelaide-Metcalfe, 5.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 25.7 to 38.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Strathroy
Is Strathroy safe?
Strathroy scores 38.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 6.7 violent incidents and 14.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Strathroy?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4.8 and other Criminal Code offences at 4.6.
Is crime going up in Strathroy?
Barely: 39.1 in 2023, 37.3 in 2025.
How much of Strathroy’s crime do police solve?
About 47% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 72% of violent and 33% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Strathroy’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).