Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Cleveland sees less crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Violence accounts for an index of 82.8 and other offences for 30.3, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. It grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Cleveland reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 10.5 violent incidents and 11.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Val-Saint-François MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Cleveland
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Cleveland’s two halves part ways: 82.8 for violence (typical 86.4) and 30.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 47% of Cleveland’s crime, weighted by seriousness (61% of violent crime, 32% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Cleveland, 45. 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.
Inside Cleveland’s A− for safety
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.
Cleveland’s index fell 14% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 50.5, and its lowest 2024, at 41. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cleveland | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 41 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 50.5 | 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 Cleveland, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Cleveland’s crime by kind
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 23.7 | 0.7 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 49 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.3 | 1.3 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.2 | 21% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 74.3 | 2.3 | 44% |
| Mischief | 55.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Drug violations | 20 | 0.6 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 40 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 18.3 | 0.6 | 16% |
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.
33,400 residents, about 350 violent incidents a year: the police area Cleveland belongs to, 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 370 property crimes, plus 160 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 Cleveland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Melbourne | 1,128 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | 1,550 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| Windsor | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Durham-Sud | 1,041 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| Danville | 3,944 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Cleveland. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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 MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Cleveland shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Cleveland
Is Cleveland safe?
Its police recorded 10.5 violent incidents and 11.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Cleveland a Crime Severity Index of 45. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Cleveland?
Police record assault most, 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.8) and theft under $5,000 (2.3).
Is crime going up in Cleveland?
Down 14%: 50.5 in 2023, 43.6 in 2025.
How much of Cleveland’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 47% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 61% of violent crime and 32% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Cleveland and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).