Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in Langford is close to typical for Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 65.9, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 60.3 for the typical Canadian town its size. Police cleared 31% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size. Langford grades B− for safety overall (#69 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, in a usual year, 14.7 violent incidents and 30.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 10.8 and 25.1.
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.
What stands out about safety in Langford
Lighter than in 2023
Langford’s index went from 76.5 in 2023 to 61.5 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Langford places 25th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Langford records 6.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Langford’s index of 65.9 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. 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 Langford’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.
Its place: #69 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,018 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.
Year by year in Langford: down 20%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 76.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 59.5 in 2024. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Langford | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.5 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 59.5 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 76.5 | 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 Langford, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Langford, by type
Against the typical town its size, Langford runs highest on mischief (6.4 per 1,000 against 3.8), assault (6.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16 | 0.3 | 36% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11.7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 10.3 | 0.2 | 49% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9 | 0.2 | 48% |
| Breaking and entering | 121.3 | 2.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 48.7 | 0.9 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 52 | 0.9 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 25 | 0.4 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 840.3 | 14.7 | 30% |
| Mischief | 362.7 | 6.4 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 40.3 | 0.7 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 191.3 | 3.3 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 64.7 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 71.7 | 1.2 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 157 | 2.7 | 54% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
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 50,000 people or more.
Langford comes 25th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 57.2 | 59.8 | B |
| 22 | Port Coquitlam British Columbia | 67,724 | 58.2 | 52 | B |
| 23 | Granby Quebec | 72,180 | 62.6 | 92.5 | B− |
| 24 | St. Thomas Ontario | 49,388 | 65.2 | 72.6 | B− |
| 25 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 65.9 | 65.9 | B− |
| 26 | Woodstock Ontario | 55,572 | 69.7 | 61.8 | C+ |
| 27 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Quebec | 47,002 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 28 | Shawinigan Quebec | 51,739 | 76 | 113.4 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 66,624 | 81.6 | 62.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Mission British Columbia | 47,280 | 114.1 | 134.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
| 40 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | 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 Langford in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Langford’s police: about 840 violent incidents a year over 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 1,760 property crimes, plus 850 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 Langford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford | 59,664 | 65.9 | 65.9 | B− |
| Colwood | 22,794 | 49.8 | 63.6 | B+ |
| View Royal | 12,795 | 54.5 | 53.9 | B |
| New Songhees 1A | 2,052 | — | — | — |
| Esquimalt | 19,512 | 43 | 65.7 | A− |
| Metchosin | 5,207 | 40.7 | 41.3 | A− |
| Highlands | 2,753 | 92.7 | 168.2 | C |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 4 come in under Langford. Closest is Colwood, 3.2 km away, at 49.8 to 65.9 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Langford
Is Langford safe?
Its police recorded 14.7 violent incidents and 30.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Langford a Crime Severity Index of 65.9. In the middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Langford?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (14.7 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 10.4, and assault, at 6.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Langford?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 20%, to 61.5 from 76.5.
How much of Langford’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 31% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 44% of violent crime and 27% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Langford’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).