Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Thamesford than in 95% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 22.5 and other offences to 34.3, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. On the record of crime the police covering Thamesford reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A+ for safety: #89 of 862 in Ontario. Year on year, 4.4 violent incidents and 15.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 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 Thamesford
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Thamesford’s index of 30.7 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Thamesford stood at 36.2, by 2025 at 26. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Thamesford’s two halves part ways: 22.5 for violence (typical 85.7) and 34.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Thamesford places 7th from the lowest index. 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.
Thamesford: A+ for safety, and why
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: #89 of 862 in Ontario and #110 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.
Thamesford’s crime by kind
Theft under $5,000 and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 17 | 1.8 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21.3 | 2.2 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.6 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 52 | 5.5 | 12% |
| Mischief | 21 | 2.2 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.3 | 1.3 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 11.3 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
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.
Year by year in Thamesford: down 28%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 36.2, and 2025 the lightest at 26. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Thamesford | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 30 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 36.2 | 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 Thamesford, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Thamesford places 7th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Quebec | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Palmerston Ontario | 10,029 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 6 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 7 | Thamesford Ontario | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 8 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 9 | Mono Ontario | 10,036 | 34.9 | 55.4 | A |
| 10 | Laurentian Valley Ontario | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Mitchell Ontario | 10,080 | 44.1 | 52.1 | A− |
| 14 | Wiarton Ontario | 9,799 | 46 | 52.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands Ontario | 10,185 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Thamesford in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 42 violent incidents a year reached Thamesford’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 150 property crimes and 45 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Thamesford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| Ingersoll | 14,911 | 47.7 | 60.5 | B+ |
| Dorchester | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| Tavistock | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 69.7 | 61.8 | C+ |
Nearby, 2 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Thamesford. The nearest of them, Dorchester (15.7 km away), scores 28.2 against 30.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Thamesford
Is Thamesford safe?
The short answer is an index of 30.7 for Thamesford (2023–2025), built from 4.4 violent incidents and 15.7 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Thamesford?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 5.5, fraud at 3.1 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Thamesford?
It went down 28% between 2023 and 2025, from 36.2 to 26.
How much of Thamesford’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 35% of crime (76% of violent crime, 24% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Thamesford alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).