Photo: Thegooduser · CC BY-SA 4.0Collingwood sees more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 96.9 in 2023 to 89.3 by 2025. Violence accounts for an index of 99.3 and other offences for 91.8, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Measured on crime the police covering Collingwood reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. On top of that, each year brought 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (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. Crime severity and crime rate for the Vancouver service area.
What stands out about safety in Collingwood
Below-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the typical clearance rate is 38%; Collingwood’s police clear 26%, 39% of violent crime and 20% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Collingwood, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Collingwood’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 Vancouver’s police record, by type
These are Vancouver’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Vancouver runs highest on robbery (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.4), theft under $5,000 (24.9 per 1,000 against 11.5) and mischief (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 17.3 | 0.02 | 75% |
| Sexual violations against children | 237.7 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 0.04 | 63% |
| Robbery | 655 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.3 | 0.06 | 73% |
| Other violent violations | 99.7 | 0.1 | 42% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,481.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 457 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 673.3 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 849 | 1.1 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18,459.3 | 24.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 5,579.7 | 7.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 911 | 1.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,897 | 2.6 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 627 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 1,305.7 | 1.8 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 573.7 | 0.8 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.02 | 48% |
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.
Collingwood, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 96.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 89.3 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Collingwood | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 93.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 96.9 | 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 Collingwood, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Collingwood
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 18,399 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Norquay Village | 11,287 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Garden Village | 6,492 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Killarney | 32,167 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Broadview | 8,008 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Metrotown | 36,594 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Collingwood. Garden Village, 1.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 70.5 to 93.4. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. 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. Vancouver Police publish neighbourhood data for non-commercial use only, so Collingwood’s figures are the whole city’s.
Questions about safety in Collingwood
Is Collingwood safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Collingwood comes to 93.4. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Collingwood?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (7.5) and assault (6.9).
Is crime going up in Collingwood?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 89.3 from 96.9.
How much of Collingwood’s crime do police solve?
26%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 39% and non-violent crime at 20%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).