Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Langley has more crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 145 and its non-violent half to 121.5, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. The local count comes to 20.2 violent incidents and 53.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Counting crime the police covering Langley reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #216 of 251 in British Columbia. All 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Langley records 2.7 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Over the British Columbia norm
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 127.5 in Langley. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Langley stands 35th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 21% for Langley (26% violent, 20% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Langley’s D
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: #216 of 251 in British Columbia and #2,296 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Langley, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Langley runs highest on drug offences (2.7 per 1,000 against 0.8), robbery (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.6) and mischief (11.1 per 1,000 against 3.7). Sexual assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12.3 | 0.4 | 24% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16 | 0.5 | 98% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 61 | 1.8 | 23% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.3 | 0.2 | 37% |
| Breaking and entering | 173.3 | 5 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21 | 0.6 | 35% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 112.7 | 3.3 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 33.3 | 1 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 855.3 | 24.6 | 9% |
| Mischief | 388 | 11.1 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 64.3 | 1.9 | 49% |
| Administration of justice violations | 78 | 2.2 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 86 | 2.5 | 37% |
| Drug violations | 94.7 | 2.7 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 200.7 | 5.8 | 31% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 33.7 | 1 | 24% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Langley stands 35th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | North Cowichan British Columbia | 34,525 | 99 | 124 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Moose Jaw Saskatchewan | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| 33 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| 34 | Parkland County Alberta | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| 35 | Langley British Columbia | 35,444 | 127.5 | 145 | D |
| 36 | Courtenay British Columbia | 32,869 | 131.2 | 129 | D |
| 37 | Campbell River British Columbia | 38,300 | 162.9 | 166.6 | D |
| 38 | Penticton British Columbia | 39,068 | 164 | 142.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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).
Police in Langley recorded about 700 violent incidents a year, 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 1,850 a year and other violations 1,690 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Langley, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 137.8, with 2024 the lightest at 109.5. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Langley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 109.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 135.1 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Langley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Langley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 35,444 | 127.5 | 145 | D |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Langley | 163,885 | 82.4 | 77.3 | C |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Langley. Closest is Sunrise Estates, 2.7 km away, at 93.6 to 127.5 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
- 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?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Langley scores 127.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 20.2 violent and 53.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Langley?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 37.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (24.6) and mischief (11.1).
Is crime going up in Langley?
Not much: the index went from 135.1 in 2023 to 137.8 in 2025.
How much of Langley’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 21%: 26% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Langley and nowhere else.
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).