Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Vankleek Hill records less crime than 78% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 56.6 and other offences for 40.2, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Its Safety Grade is A−, on crime the police covering Vankleek Hill reported from 2023 to 2025: #221 of 862 in Ontario. Behind the grade sit 9.0 violent incidents and 17.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Vankleek Hill
Down since 2023
Vankleek Hill’s index went from 49.6 in 2023 to 35.7 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Vankleek Hill places 14th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Vankleek Hill’s index of 44.6 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Vankleek Hill’s police clear 46%, 82% of violent crime and 25% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A− for Vankleek Hill
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: #221 of 862 in Ontario and #394 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.
What police record in Vankleek Hill, by type
Against the typical town its size, Vankleek Hill runs highest on fraud (6.5 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault 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 | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14.3 | 1.6 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 2.2 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.8 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 27.3 | 3 | 26% |
| Mischief | 26.3 | 2.9 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 64.3 | 7 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 6.3 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Vankleek Hill’s index dropped 28%
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 49.6, against a low of 35.7 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Vankleek Hill | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 49.6 | 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 Vankleek Hill, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Vankleek Hill recorded about 83 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.
Add about 160 property crimes and 87 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Vankleek Hill is 14th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Quebec | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Thamesford Ontario | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 7 | Laurentian Valley Ontario | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 12 | Coaticook Quebec | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 13 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,810 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 14 | Vankleek Hill Ontario | 9,321 | 44.6 | 56.6 | A− |
| 15 | Kimberley British Columbia | 9,037 | 45.9 | 44.5 | A− |
| 16 | Wiarton Ontario | 9,799 | 46 | 52.4 | A− |
| 17 | St. Adolphe Manitoba | 8,770 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Kapuskasing Ontario | 8,825 | 105.6 | 172.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 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 Vankleek Hill in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Vankleek Hill
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vankleek Hill | 9,321 | 44.6 | 56.6 | A− |
| Hawkesbury | 11,451 | 92.7 | 131.7 | C |
| Grenville | 1,889 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Grenville-sur-la-Rouge | 3,040 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 70.8 | 123.5 | C+ |
The places around Vankleek Hill all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Vankleek Hill
Is Vankleek Hill safe?
Vankleek Hill measures 44.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 9 violent incidents and 17.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Vankleek Hill?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (6.5) and assault (3.6).
Is crime going up in Vankleek Hill?
Down 28%: 49.6 in 2023, 35.7 in 2025.
How much of Vankleek Hill’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 46% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 82% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Vankleek Hill 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).