Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Tiny than in 97% of Canadian towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Year on year, 4.6 violent incidents and 10.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A+, drawn from crime the police covering Tiny reported through 2023 to 2025: #64 of 862 in Ontario. Of the two halves, violence comes to 36.4 and other offences to 24.7, 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.
What stands out about safety in Tiny
More people here than live here
About 44% of Tiny’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Tiny moved from 32.8 to 18.4, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Tiny, 27.9. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Tiny comes 1st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity 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.
Inside Tiny’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: #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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Tiny’s index fell 44% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (32.8); 2025 was the lightest, at 18.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Tiny | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 32.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 32.8 | 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 Tiny, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Tiny’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 | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 17.7 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7.3 | 0.5 | 23% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 29 | 2.1 | 14% |
| Mischief | 29.3 | 2.1 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17.3 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 5 | 0.4 | 60% |
| Impaired driving | 13.3 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Tiny comes 1st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 35 | 39.3 | 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 |
| … | |||||
| 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 Tiny in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Tiny recorded about 65 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 140 property crimes, plus 54 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 Tiny
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| Penetanguishene | 11,141 | 56.4 | 92 | B |
| Midland | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| Tay | 11,968 | 34.3 | 46.4 | A |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Tiny.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Tiny
Is Tiny safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Tiny scores 27.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 4.6 violent and 10.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Tiny?
Police record fraud most, 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (2.2) and other Criminal Code offences (2.1).
Is crime going up in Tiny?
Down 44%: 32.8 in 2023, 18.4 in 2025.
How much of Tiny’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 34%: 59% for violent crime and 24% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Tiny and nowhere else.
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).