Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Walpole Island 46 runs higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 53.3 violent incidents and 95.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 378.3 and 318.9.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Lambton (Walpole Island First Nation) detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Walpole Island 46
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Walpole Island 46 records 8.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 333.9 in Walpole Island 46. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 50% of crime in Walpole Island 46 ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 74% of violent crime and 38% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. 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: D− for Walpole Island 46
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Walpole Island 46’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Walpole Island 46 runs highest on drug offences (8.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (16.5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (23.3 per 1,000 against 4.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 1.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 1.7 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 16.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 2.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.7 | 8.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 4.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 33.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 23.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 17 | 9.4 | 29% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54 | 29.7 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 5.9 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 8.4 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 39.7 | 21.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 1.3 | — |
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 people or more.
Around 97 violent incidents a year in the 1,840-resident police area around Walpole Island 46, 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 170 property crimes and 200 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Walpole Island 46, each year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 360.3; the lightest was 2025, at 287.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Walpole Island 46 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 287.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 354.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 360.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Walpole Island 46, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Walpole Island 46
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walpole Island 46 | 1,836 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Chatham (29 km) | 112,716 | 72.1 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Corunna (30 km) | 15,872 | 32.2 | 38.8 | A |
| Lakeshore (36 km) | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| Dawn-Euphemia (40 km) | 2,127 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| Tecumseh (42 km) | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
The places around Walpole Island 46 all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Chatham (29.4 km away), scores 72.1 against 333.9. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 29–42 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Walpole Island 46.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Few people behind the figures. About 1,836 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.”
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Walpole Island 46 together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Walpole Island 46
Is Walpole Island 46 safe?
Walpole Island 46 scores 333.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 53.3 violent incidents and 95 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Walpole Island 46?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (52.3 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 33.9, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 32.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Walpole Island 46?
No: the index fell 20%, from 360.3 in 2023 to 287.3 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Walpole Island 46’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 50% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 74% of violent and 38% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Walpole Island 46 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).