Photo: Mosbo6 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Whitewater Region records less crime than 96% of Canadian towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Violence accounts for an index of 36.6 and other offences for 26.4, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Graded on crime the police covering Whitewater Region reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A+ for safety: #74 of 862 in Ontario. Annual rates stand at 6.8 violent incidents and 10.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Renfrew detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Whitewater Region
Under the Ontario norm
Whitewater Region’s index of 29.1 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Whitewater Region places 3rd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 50% of Whitewater Region’s crime, weighted by seriousness (77% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
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 Whitewater Region’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Whitewater Region itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 28 km away.
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: #74 of 862 in Ontario and #94 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.
Whitewater Region’s crime by kind
Break and enter 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 | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 13.7 | 0.7 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7.3 | 0.4 | 23% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.4 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 32.3 | 1.7 | 13% |
| Mischief | 42 | 2.2 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 39.7 | 2.1 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 0.5 | 56% |
| Drug violations | 10.3 | 0.6 | 84% |
| Impaired driving | 35.3 | 1.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Whitewater Region places 3rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 29.4 | 30.1 | A+ |
| 5 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 7 | Chatsworth Ontario | 7,770 | 32 | 38.1 | A |
| 8 | Chesley Ontario | 7,639 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 9 | Augusta Ontario | 7,767 | 34 | 40.2 | A |
| 10 | North Stormont Ontario | 7,946 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 360 | 345 | 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 Whitewater Region in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 130 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Whitewater Region (18,900 residents), 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 190 property crimes, plus 120 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Whitewater Region’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 30.4, and 2024 the lightest at 27.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Whitewater Region | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 27.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 30.4 | 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 Whitewater Region, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Whitewater Region
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| Fort-Coulonge | 1,293 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
| Mansfield-et-Pontefract | 2,332 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Whitewater Region.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Whitewater Region
Is Whitewater Region safe?
Statistics Canada puts Whitewater Region at 29.1 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 6.8 and property crimes at 10.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Whitewater Region?
Top of the list is fraud (4.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 3.2, and assault, at 3, follow.
Is crime going up in Whitewater Region?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 30.4 to 29.7.
How much of Whitewater Region’s crime do police solve?
About 50% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 77% of violent and 35% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Whitewater Region 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).