Photo: Bplimley · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Surrey Centre records more crime than three in four Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 104.1; it fell to 89.1 in 2025. Typical years here bring 9.7 violent incidents plus 31.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Scored on crime the police covering Surrey Centre reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.5 and other offences to 101.5, beside norms of 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 Surrey Centre
Police clear less here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 15% for Surrey Centre (36% violent, 8% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Surrey Centre scores 75.5 for violence and 101.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ 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.
Surrey Centre: C− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Surrey Centre’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.
Crime across Surrey, 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.
Surrey Centre, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 104.1, and its lowest 2024, at 87.5. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 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 | Surrey Centre | 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 Surrey Centre, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Surrey Centre
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Centre | 16,482 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Provinceton | 11,625 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 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
- 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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Surrey Centre 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.
Questions about safety in Surrey Centre
Is Surrey Centre safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 93.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Surrey Centre stands, with 9.7 violent and 31 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Surrey Centre?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (16.6 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 15.4, and fraud, at 5.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Surrey Centre?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 89.1 from 104.1.
How much of Surrey Centre’s crime do police solve?
About 15% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 36% of violent and 8% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole 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).