Photo: Yuet Man Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in Broadview sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 70.5 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. On top of that, its letter overall is C+ (#83 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. In 2023 the index stood at 74.2; it fell to 68.7 in 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 10.9 violent incidents and 35.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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 Burnaby service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Broadview
Police clear less here
Police cleared 15% of Broadview’s crime, weighted by seriousness (27% of violent crime, 11% of the rest), against 38% across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, Broadview’s two halves part ways: 64.6 for violence (typical 75.2) and 73.4 for the rest (typical 54.2). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C+ for Broadview, and how it is built
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Broadview alone.
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: #83 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,398 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Burnaby’s crime, type by type
These are Burnaby’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Burnaby runs highest on theft under $5,000 (21.3 per 1,000 against 11.5), break and enter (2.8 per 1,000 against 2.2) and mischief (4.7 per 1,000 against 3.8). Drug offences and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 70.7 | 0.2 | 24% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 33.3 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 12 | 0.04 | 39% |
| Robbery | 121.7 | 0.4 | 24% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 15 | 0.05 | 73% |
| Other violent violations | 31.3 | 0.1 | 22% |
| Breaking and entering | 805 | 2.8 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 49.3 | 0.2 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 291.7 | 1 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 275.3 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 6,244.7 | 21.3 | 10% |
| Mischief | 1,370.7 | 4.7 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 146.3 | 0.5 | 40% |
| Administration of justice violations | 323 | 1.1 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 183.7 | 0.6 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 209.7 | 0.7 | 46% |
| Impaired driving | 267.7 | 0.9 | 77% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 214.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Broadview, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 74.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 68.5 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Broadview | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.7 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 68.5 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 74.2 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Broadview, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Broadview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview | 8,008 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Garden Village | 6,492 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Collingwood | 18,399 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Brentwood | 22,170 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Deer Lake | 8,417 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Norquay Village | 11,287 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Broadview. 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
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Broadview carries the city-wide figures.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Broadview
Is Broadview safe?
Broadview measures 70.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.9 violent incidents and 35.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Broadview?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 21.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (10.9) and assault (5.2).
Is crime going up in Broadview?
The reverse: 74.2 in 2023 came down to 68.7 by 2025, 7% lower.
How much of Broadview’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 15%: 27% for violent crime and 11% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole city.
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).