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Crime data for Perth, Ontario.
Updated Data year 2025Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crimeFrançais
Police services reporting these figures: Lanark County (Perth), Ontario, Ontario Provincial Police, municipal and Perth, Ontario, Ontario Provincial Police, municipal
Police-reported incidents
574
−14.3% vs previous year
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0180-01, 2025
How to read thisCrime Severity Index, Canada
75.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0026-01, 2025
How to read thisAll violations: Criminal Code, traffic and other federal laws.
| Year | Incidents |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 516 |
| 2011 | 470 |
| 2012 | 397 |
| 2013 | 272 |
| 2014 | 401 |
| 2015 | 337 |
| 2016 | 373 |
| 2017 | 367 |
| 2018 | 646 |
| 2019 | 668 |
| 2020 | 724 |
| 2021 | 654 |
| 2022 | 766 |
| 2023 | 639 |
| 2024 | 670 |
| 2025 | 574 |
| Offence | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Fraud | 68 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 61 |
| Assault, level 1 | 57 |
| Fail to comply with order | 52 |
| Uttering threats | 37 |
| Mischief | 35 |
| Breaking and entering | 24 |
| Assault, level 2, weapon or bodily harm | 19 |
| Disturb the peace | 19 |
| Sexual assault, level 1 | 18 |
Share of Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic.
| Type | Incidents | % |
|---|---|---|
| Property crime | 237 | 44.9 |
| Violent crime | 179 | 33.9 |
| Other Criminal Code | 112 | 21.2 |
Police-reported incidents per year.
| Year | Fraud | Theft $5,000 or under | Assault, level 1 | Fail to comply with order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | 80 | 52 | 38 |
| 2011 | 10 | 96 | 27 | 22 |
| 2012 | 23 | 57 | 37 | 32 |
| 2013 | 20 | 41 | 29 | 8 |
| 2014 | 27 | 70 | 31 | 8 |
| 2015 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 11 |
| 2016 | 36 | 63 | 21 | 4 |
| 2017 | 33 | 46 | 24 | 12 |
| 2018 | 61 | 85 | 50 | 25 |
| 2019 | 75 | 89 | 65 | 33 |
| 2020 | 83 | 102 | 38 | 57 |
| 2021 | 87 | 77 | 33 | 50 |
| 2022 | 85 | 103 | 49 | 46 |
| 2023 | 95 | 100 | 47 | 33 |
| 2024 | 72 | 59 | 72 | 46 |
| 2025 | 68 | 61 | 57 | 52 |
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Perth is served by more than one police service in this period. All figures on this page add them up; rates per 100,000 people are left out where each service has its own.
Perth is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Tay River, 83 kilometres (52 mi) southwest of Ottawa, and is the seat of Lanark County.
Annual historical averages
Crime data sourced from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey via Statistics Canada. Last updated for the most recent available reference year.
