Photo: P199 · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Tyendinaga than in 89% of Canadian towns
That puts it at D for safety, judged on crime the police covering Tyendinaga reported from 2023 to 2025: #839 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, each year brought 27.0 violent incidents and 28.8 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Of the two halves, violence comes to 280.3 and other offences to 73.7, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Lennox and Addington County (Deseronto) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Tyendinaga
Violence weighs more than the rest
Tyendinaga’s index splits into violent crime, 280.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 73.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Tyendinaga, 131.9. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Tyendinaga’s police clear 67%, 91% of violent crime and 33% of the rest. Questions ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Tyendinaga comes 37th, 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.
What’s behind Tyendinaga’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 15 km from Tyendinaga, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #839 of 862 in Ontario and #2,444 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Tyendinaga places 37th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Centre Hastings Ontario | 5,170 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Hastings Highlands Ontario | 4,957 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Hearst Ontario | 5,032 | 74.2 | 97.9 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Cardston County Alberta | 4,938 | 108 | 123.7 | C− |
| 35 | Kneehill County Alberta | 5,129 | 110.8 | 105.9 | C− |
| 36 | Antigonish Nova Scotia | 5,175 | 115.4 | 123.5 | C− |
| 37 | Tyendinaga Ontario | 5,005 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
| 38 | St. Stephen New Brunswick | 4,876 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
| 39 | Big Lakes County Alberta | 5,106 | 167.3 | 179 | D |
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Tyendinaga in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
What police record in Tyendinaga, by type
Against the typical town its size, Tyendinaga runs highest on assault (12.6 per 1,000 against 6.7), mischief (8.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and sexual assault (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.9). 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 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5.3 | 2.8 | 43% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3 | 1.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 12.3 | 6.5 | 19% |
| Mischief | 16.3 | 8.7 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 1.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 13.7 | 7.3 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
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.
The detachment nearest Tyendinaga, 1,840 residents: around 51 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 54 property crimes, plus 28 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Tyendinaga, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 181.5, and its lowest 2024, at 95.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Tyendinaga | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 95.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 181.5 | 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 Tyendinaga, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Tyendinaga
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | 3,028 | — | — | — |
| Deseronto | 1,844 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
| Greater Napanee | 18,016 | 73.9 | 103.7 | C+ |
One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. About 1,844 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Tyendinaga
Is Tyendinaga safe?
Police-reported crime in Tyendinaga scores 131.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 27 violent incidents and 28.8 property crimes 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 Tyendinaga?
Top of the list is assault (12.6 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 10.3, and mischief, at 8.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Tyendinaga?
The reverse: 181.5 in 2023 came down to 119 by 2025, 34% lower. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Tyendinaga’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 67% of crime (91% of violent crime, 33% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Tyendinaga and everywhere else it polices.
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).