Photo: Jean-Philippe Boulet · CC BY 3.0Per resident, Wotton records more crime than three in five Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 72.6 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, typical years here bring 19.9 violent incidents plus 18.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Wotton reported put it at C+ for safety. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 74.4 in 2023 to 70.6 by 2025.
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. Measured across the Sources MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Wotton
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 52% for Wotton (67% violent, 37% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Wotton scores 127.5 for violence and 51.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 72.6 in Wotton. 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.
What’s behind Wotton’s grade
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.
Crime in Wotton, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Wotton runs highest on break and enter (3.8 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (9.7 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.3 | 1.1 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 3.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17 | 1.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 77.3 | 5.1 | 46% |
| Mischief | 46 | 3 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 2.8 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 1.1 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 22 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 14.7 | 1 | 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.
Wotton, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 74.4, and 2025 the lightest at 70.6. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wotton | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 72.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 74.4 | 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 Wotton, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 300 violent incidents a year in the 15,100-resident police area around Wotton, 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.
Property crime adds about 280 a year and other violations 110 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Wotton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wotton | 1,448 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | 1,034 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Val-des-Sources | 7,303 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Danville | 3,944 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Tingwick | 1,567 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
3 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Wotton shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Wotton
Is Wotton safe?
The short answer is an index of 72.6 for Wotton (2023–2025), built from 19.9 violent incidents and 18.8 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Wotton?
The three biggest groups are assault at 9.7, fraud at 5.2 and theft under $5,000 at 5.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Wotton?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 5%, to 70.6 from 74.4.
How much of Wotton’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 67% of violent crime and 37% of everything else, 52% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Wotton 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).