Photo: P199 · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Wendover runs lower than in 75% of Canadian towns
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Scored on crime the police covering Wendover reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A− for safety: #234 of 862 in Ontario. Of the two halves, violence comes to 72.6 and other offences to 36.9, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Year on year, 9.6 violent incidents and 15.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 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 Wendover
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Wendover is 11th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 46% of Wendover’s crime, weighted by seriousness (75% of violent crime, 24% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Wendover scores 46.8. 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 Wendover’s grade
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: #234 of 862 in Ontario and #432 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.
Wendover’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Wendover runs highest on fraud (6.9 per 1,000 against 5.1) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Mischief 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 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 12 | 1.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.3 | 1.5 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.8 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 30.3 | 2.8 | 11% |
| Mischief | 19.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 27.7 | 2.6 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8.7 | 0.8 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.09 | — |
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.
In Wendover, up 11% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (53.6) and 2023 the trough (41.1). In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Wendover | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 53.6 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 41.1 | 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 Wendover, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Wendover stands 11th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Millbrook Ontario | 11,507 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| 3 | Shelburne Ontario | 10,767 | 35.2 | 52.8 | A |
| 4 | Thornbury Ontario | 11,162 | 36.5 | 46.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Zotique Quebec | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 9 | Pont-Rouge Quebec | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | Coldstream British Columbia | 11,380 | 45.1 | 61.9 | A− |
| 11 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 12 | Walkerton Ontario | 10,811 | 47.4 | 56.9 | B+ |
| 13 | Bois-des-Filion Quebec | 10,666 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 14 | Montmagny Quebec | 11,326 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Quesnel British Columbia | 10,253 | 275.7 | 243.5 | 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 Wendover in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Wendover’s police: about 100 violent incidents a year over 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 160 property crimes, plus 62 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 Wendover
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendover | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| Papineauville | 2,332 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
Wendover has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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 Wendover
Is Wendover safe?
Wendover’s Crime Severity Index is 46.8 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.6 violent incidents and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Wendover?
Fraud is the most common, at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (4.9) and other Criminal Code offences (3.7).
Is crime going up in Wendover?
It went up 11% between 2023 and 2025, from 41.1 to 45.6.
How much of Wendover’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 75% of violent crime and 24% of everything else, 46% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Wendover 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).