Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Ormstown records more crime than 86% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering Ormstown reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #498 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, each year brought 18.8 violent incidents and 13.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Of the two halves, violence comes to 141 and other offences to 113, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Haut-Saint-Laurent MRC.
What stands out about safety in Ormstown
Higher than most of Quebec
Ormstown’s index of 120.3 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Ormstown places 34th from the lowest index. 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.
The grade: D for Ormstown
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: #498 of 503 in Quebec and #2,281 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.
Crime in Ormstown, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Ormstown runs highest on drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (9.3 per 1,000 against 6.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25 | 1.1 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.2 | 86% |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.5 | 66% |
| Breaking and entering | 49 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.4 | 35% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 37.7 | 1.6 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 44 | 1.9 | 36% |
| Mischief | 57.7 | 2.4 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 14.3 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 70.7 | 3 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 86.7 | 3.7 | 20% |
| Drug violations | 33.3 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 48.3 | 2.1 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 29 | 1.2 | 28% |
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, Ormstown places 34th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Beaupré Quebec | 4,314 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Carleton-sur-Mer Quebec | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Ambroise Quebec | 4,262 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 32 | Stellarton Nova Scotia | 4,251 | 116.6 | 97.1 | C− |
| 33 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 119.1 | 253 | C− |
| 34 | Ormstown Quebec | 4,259 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| 35 | Bancroft Ontario | 4,331 | 121.5 | 153.2 | D |
| 36 | Vermilion Alberta | 4,192 | 142.6 | 129.6 | D |
| 37 | Geraldton Ontario | 4,398 | 198.8 | 261.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Ormstown in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 450 violent incidents a year across the police area of 24,100 residents that includes Ormstown, 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 310 property crimes, plus 930 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Ormstown’s index fell 10% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 160.3, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 95. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ormstown | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 160.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 105.6 | 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 Ormstown, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Ormstown
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormstown | 4,259 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Franklin | 1,754 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | 2,536 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 2,162 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Hinchinbrooke | 2,350 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 1,223 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
The places around Ormstown all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (11.7 km away), scores 75.4 against 120.3. The table leaves out 4 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Ormstown shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Ormstown
Is Ormstown safe?
Ormstown scores 120.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 18.8 violent incidents and 13.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Ormstown?
Assault is the most common, at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (7.6) and fraud (4).
Is crime going up in Ormstown?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 10%, to 95 from 105.6.
How much of Ormstown’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 38%: 71% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Ormstown 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).