Photo: Leoboudv · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Langley than in 69% of Canadian towns
The Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crime the police covering Langley reported through 2023 to 2025: #122 of 251 in British Columbia. Its violent half comes to 77.3 and its non-violent half to 85.1, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Annual rates stand at 10.2 violent incidents and 30.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size.
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 Langley
Less crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 15% for Langley (29% violent, 10% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
Down since 2023
Langley’s index went from 96.7 in 2023 to 71.7 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Langley comes 30th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Langley scores 77.3 for violence and 85.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 75.2 and 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.
What’s behind Langley’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: #122 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,745 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.
Crime in Langley, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Langley runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (0.7 per 1,000 against 0.04), drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.9) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 74.7 | 0.5 | 21% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.3 | 0.1 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 8.7 | 0.05 | 31% |
| Robbery | 80.7 | 0.5 | 30% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6 | 0.04 | 50% |
| Other violent violations | 22.3 | 0.1 | 19% |
| Breaking and entering | 500 | 3.1 | 7% |
| Possession of stolen property | 49.7 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 349.7 | 2.2 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 133.7 | 0.8 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 2,228.7 | 13.9 | 10% |
| Mischief | 761.3 | 4.7 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 70 | 0.4 | 46% |
| Administration of justice violations | 234.3 | 1.5 | 58% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 171.7 | 1.1 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 215 | 1.3 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 317.3 | 2 | 51% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 142 | 0.9 | 22% |
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.
In Langley, down 26% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 96.7, against a low of 71.7 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Langley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.7 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 78.7 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 96.7 | 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 Langley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Langley is 30th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burlington Ontario | 197,737 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 40.5 | 49.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Delta British Columbia | 124,670 | 59.7 | 69.8 | B− |
| 19 | Coquitlam British Columbia | 173,599 | 59.8 | 61.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Kingston Ontario | 149,527 | 73.9 | 72.6 | C+ |
| 28 | Brantford Ontario | 123,521 | 78.7 | 101.8 | C |
| 29 | St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador | 128,693 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 30 | Langley British Columbia | 163,885 | 82.4 | 77.3 | C |
| 31 | Maple Ridge British Columbia | 105,925 | 87 | 97.6 | C |
| 32 | Abbotsford British Columbia | 175,358 | 96 | 107.5 | C− |
| 33 | Thunder Bay Ontario | 117,671 | 113.6 | 209.7 | C− |
| 34 | Nanaimo British Columbia | 111,845 | 121.6 | 127.7 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Victoria British Columbia | 103,888 | 161.3 | 160.1 | 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 Langley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Langley’s police: about 1,630 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.
Add about 4,820 property crimes and 3,020 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Langley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 163,885 | 82.4 | 77.3 | C |
| Langley | 35,444 | 127.5 | 145 | D |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
The places around Langley all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. 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.
Questions about safety in Langley
Is Langley safe?
With 10.2 violent incidents and 30.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Langley comes to 82.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more have a median of 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Langley?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 13.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (13.8) and mischief (4.7).
Is crime going up in Langley?
Down 26%: 96.7 in 2023, 71.7 in 2025.
How much of Langley’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 15%: 29% for violent crime and 10% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Langley alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).