Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Windsor has less crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 50.5; it fell to 43.6 in 2025. What’s more, on the record of crime the police covering Windsor reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A− for safety: #124 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 10.5 violent incidents and 11.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 82.8 and other offences to 30.3, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Val-Saint-François MRC.
What stands out about safety in Windsor
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Windsor’s two halves part ways: 82.8 for violence (typical 85.7) and 30.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Windsor places 11th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 47% of Windsor’s crime, weighted by seriousness (61% of violent crime, 32% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Windsor’s index of 45 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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 Windsor’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.
Its place: #124 of 503 in Quebec and #415 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.
Windsor’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Windsor runs highest on sexual assault (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief and theft under $5,000 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 to 10,000 people.
Windsor, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 50.5, and its lowest 2024, at 41. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Windsor | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 41 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.5 | 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 Windsor, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Windsor comes 11th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Metchosin British Columbia | 5,207 | 40.7 | 41.3 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Boniface Quebec | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Quebec | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 13 | New Glasgow Prince Edward Island | 5,502 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 14 | Centre Hastings Ontario | 5,170 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Cookshire-Eaton Quebec | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha Quebec | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Oliver British Columbia | 5,262 | 132.5 | 95.2 | 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 Windsor in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
33,400 residents, about 350 violent incidents a year: the police area Windsor 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 Windsor
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Claude | 1,167 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Melbourne | 1,128 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Windsor alone.
Questions about safety in Windsor
Is Windsor safe?
Police-reported crime in Windsor scores 45 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.5 violent incidents and 11.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Windsor?
Most often it is assault: 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.8 and theft under $5,000 at 2.3.
Is crime going up in Windsor?
Down 14%: 50.5 in 2023, 43.6 in 2025.
How much of Windsor’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 47% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 61% of violent and 32% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Windsor 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).