Recorded crime per resident is higher in Renfrew-Collingwood than in 76% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 96.9 in 2023 to 89.3 in 2025. By contrast, the local count comes to 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Renfrew-Collingwood reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Violence accounts for an index of 99.3 and other offences for 91.8, against usual levels 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. Not measured by town: crime severity and crime rate (the Vancouver service area).
What stands out about safety in Renfrew-Collingwood
Less crime solved
Police cleared 26% of Renfrew-Collingwood’s crime, weighted by seriousness (39% of violent crime, 20% of the rest), against 38% across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. 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 Renfrew-Collingwood, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Renfrew-Collingwood on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
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.
Which crimes make up Vancouver’s figures
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.
Renfrew-Collingwood, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 96.9, against 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 | Renfrew-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 Renfrew-Collingwood, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Renfrew-Collingwood
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew-Collingwood | 23,392 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Norquay Village | 11,287 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Broadview | 8,008 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Collingwood | 18,399 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Garden Village | 6,492 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Hastings-Sunrise | 36,072 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
The places around Renfrew-Collingwood all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Broadview (1.6 km away), scores 70.5 against 93.4. 4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- City-wide figures. Neighbourhood crime in Vancouver is released only for non-commercial use, which this site can’t rely on; Renfrew-Collingwood carries the city-wide figures.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Renfrew-Collingwood
Is Renfrew-Collingwood safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Renfrew-Collingwood comes to 93.4. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Renfrew-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 Renfrew-Collingwood?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 89.3 from 96.9.
How much of Renfrew-Collingwood’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 26%: 39% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
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).