Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Crime per resident in Fleetwood runs higher than in 76% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 75.5 for violence and 101.5 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 104.1 to 89.1. By contrast, on crime the police covering Fleetwood reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Violence and property crime split as 9.7 violent incidents and 31.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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. Area-wide: crime severity and crime rate, counted over the Surrey service area.
What stands out about safety in Fleetwood
Less crime solved
Police cleared 15% of Fleetwood’s crime, weighted by seriousness (36% of violent crime, 8% of the rest), against 38% across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, Fleetwood’s two halves part ways: 75.5 for violence (typical 75.2) and 101.5 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.
What’s behind Fleetwood’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Fleetwood itself compares.
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: #136 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,836 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.
What Surrey’s police record, by type
These are Surrey’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Surrey runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (2.5 per 1,000 against 0.04), drug offences (4 per 1,000 against 0.9) and robbery (0.5 per 1,000 against 0.4). Sexual assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 8.7 | 0.02 | 61% |
| Sexual violations against children | 175.7 | 0.3 | 23% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 85.3 | 0.1 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 21 | 0.04 | 32% |
| Robbery | 304.7 | 0.5 | 29% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 23 | 0.04 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 55.3 | 0.1 | 29% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,019.7 | 2 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 117 | 0.2 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 871.7 | 1.6 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 289 | 0.6 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 8,757 | 16.6 | 9% |
| Mischief | 2,447 | 4.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 275 | 0.5 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 888.7 | 1.6 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 306.7 | 0.6 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 1,855.7 | 4 | 11% |
| Impaired driving | 848.3 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 384.3 | 0.7 | 13% |
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.
Fleetwood, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (104.1); the low point came in 2024, at 87.5. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Surrey Police Service took over from the RCMP on 29 November 2024. The figures here are the RCMP Surrey detachment’s for 2023–2025, the only full three years; the new service reports 2025 alone.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fleetwood | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.1 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 87.5 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 104.1 | 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 Fleetwood, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Fleetwood
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 63,957 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Newton | 51,222 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Birdland | 10,745 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
The table leaves out 6 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the city. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Fleetwood is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Fleetwood
Is Fleetwood safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Fleetwood’s Crime Severity Index stands at 93.6 for 2023–2025. Its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 31 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Fleetwood?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (15.4) and fraud (5.3).
Is crime going up in Fleetwood?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 104.1 to 89.1.
How much of Fleetwood’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 36% of violent crime and 8% of everything else, 15% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).