Devonshire has more crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Each year brought 11.9 violent incidents and 39.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+). A Safety Grade of C+ follows from crime the police covering Devonshire reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #748 of 862 in Ontario. Violence accounts for an index of 94.5 and other offences for 72.8, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2.
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 and crime rate: the Windsor service area.
What stands out about safety in Devonshire
Lighter than in 2023
From 84.3 in 2023 to 71.5 in 2025: that is Devonshire’s index, against 64.3 and 59.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C+ for Devonshire, and how it is built
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Devonshire itself compares.
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: #748 of 862 in Ontario and #1,604 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Devonshire’s index fell 15% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 84.3 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 71.5 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Devonshire | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 79.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 84.3 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Devonshire, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
What Windsor’s police record, by type
These are Windsor’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Windsor runs highest on break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.2), robbery (0.6 per 1,000 against 0.4) and theft under $5,000 (19.9 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 82.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 58.3 | 0.2 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 50 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Robbery | 185.3 | 0.6 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 47.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 53 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,184.3 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 130.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 687 | 2.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 133.7 | 0.5 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,783.7 | 19.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 1,554.3 | 5.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 82.7 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,731.3 | 5.9 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 160.3 | 0.6 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 119 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Impaired driving | 258 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.04 | 64% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Crime in the places around Devonshire
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Roseland | 20,587 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- One figure for the city. The figures for Devonshire are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Devonshire
Is Devonshire safe?
Statistics Canada puts Devonshire at 78.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 11.9 and property crimes at 39.6 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Devonshire?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 19.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (7) and assault (6.8).
Is crime going up in Devonshire?
Down 15%: 84.3 in 2023, 71.5 in 2025.
How much of Devonshire’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 41% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 74% of violent crime and 25% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole city.
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).