Photo: Glen Jackson glen_jackson · CC0More crimes per resident are recorded in Maple Ridge than in 72% of Canadian towns
All 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Add to that, on the record of crime the police covering Maple Ridge reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C for safety: #127 of 251 in British Columbia. Its violent half comes to 97.6 and its non-violent half to 83.6, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. Police counts work out at 15.5 violent incidents and 28.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 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 Maple Ridge
Police clear less here
Weighted by seriousness, 22% of crime in Maple Ridge ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 35% of violent crime and 15% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Maple Ridge places 27th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Maple Ridge records 6.3 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 ↓
About the British Columbia norm
Maple Ridge’s index of 87 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 Maple Ridge’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: #127 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,785 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.
Which crimes make up Maple Ridge’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Maple Ridge runs highest on mischief (6.3 per 1,000 against 3.8), drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (6.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 44.3 | 0.4 | 31% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 39.3 | 0.4 | 87% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.3 | 0.07 | 59% |
| Robbery | 48 | 0.5 | 35% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.06 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 13 | 0.1 | 48% |
| Breaking and entering | 271 | 2.6 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 29.7 | 0.3 | 41% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 158 | 1.5 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 56 | 0.5 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 1,333 | 12.7 | 12% |
| Mischief | 656 | 6.3 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 86.3 | 0.8 | 37% |
| Administration of justice violations | 244.7 | 2.3 | 68% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 117.3 | 1.1 | 27% |
| Drug violations | 147.7 | 1.4 | 50% |
| Impaired driving | 249 | 2.4 | 80% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 44 | 0.4 | 26% |
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.
Maple Ridge comes 27th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 36 | 33.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 40.5 | 49.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Delta British Columbia | 124,670 | 59.7 | 69.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Sarnia Ontario | 80,539 | 79.4 | 105.1 | C |
| 25 | St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador | 128,693 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 26 | Saint John New Brunswick | 79,371 | 81.5 | 114.2 | C |
| 27 | Maple Ridge British Columbia | 105,925 | 87 | 97.6 | C |
| 28 | New Westminster British Columbia | 92,124 | 87.9 | 94.6 | C |
| 29 | Fredericton New Brunswick | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
| 30 | Sault Ste. Marie Ontario | 81,182 | 109.6 | 137 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Nanaimo British Columbia | 111,845 | 121.6 | 127.7 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Maple Ridge in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Maple Ridge’s police: about 1,620 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 2,980 property crimes and 3,140 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Maple Ridge: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (89.3); the lightest was 2024 (83.8). For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Maple Ridge | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 83.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 88 | 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 Maple Ridge, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Maple Ridge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Ridge | 105,925 | 87 | 97.6 | C |
| Pitt Meadows | 20,892 | 60.8 | 59.8 | B− |
| Anniedale | 6,715 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Langley | 163,885 | 82.4 | 77.3 | C |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
Maple Ridge sits above 2 of the 6 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Pitt Meadows, 7.3 km away, at 60.8 to 87 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. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Maple Ridge
Is Maple Ridge safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Maple Ridge’s Crime Severity Index stands at 87 for 2023–2025. Its police record 15.5 violent incidents and 28.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Maple Ridge?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (25 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 12.7, and mischief, at 6.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Maple Ridge?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 88 to 89.3.
How much of Maple Ridge’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 35% of violent crime and 15% of everything else, 22% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Maple Ridge’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).