Crime per resident in Morgan Creek runs higher than in 76% of Canadian towns
The local count comes to 9.7 violent incidents and 31.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. On top of that, by 2025 the index had dropped to 89.1, down from 104.1 in 2023. Measured on crime the police covering Morgan Creek reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Split in two, the index gives 75.5 for violence and 101.5 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2).
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 Morgan Creek
Police clear less here
Police cleared 15% of Morgan Creek’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+, Morgan Creek’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.
Morgan Creek: C− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Morgan Creek’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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 theft under $5,000 (16.6 per 1,000 against 11.5).
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.
Morgan Creek, 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. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
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 | Morgan Creek | 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 Morgan Creek, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Morgan Creek
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Creek | 8,084 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Grandview | 16,947 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 82.6 | 87.2 | C |
The comparison skips 5 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Morgan Creek carries the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Morgan Creek
Is Morgan Creek safe?
The short answer is an index of 93.6 for Morgan Creek (2023–2025), built from 9.7 violent incidents and 31 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Morgan Creek?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 16.6, other Criminal Code offences at 15.4 and fraud at 5.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Morgan Creek?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 89.1 from 104.1.
How much of Morgan Creek’s crime do police solve?
15%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 36% and non-violent crime at 8%.
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).