For recorded crime, Deerfield sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.6 and other offences to 48.9, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. Weighing it all, Deerfield earns B for safety (#390 of 862 in Ontario), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Its Crime Severity Index climbed from 52.2 in 2023 to 59.4 by 2025. In a usual year, 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 10.8 and 25.1.
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. Data for crime severity and crime rate covers the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area.
What’s behind Deerfield’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Deerfield 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: #390 of 862 in Ontario and #765 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 Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton), by type
These are Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton)’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.6 per 1,000 against 1.7), robbery (0.7 per 1,000 against 0.4) and drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.9). Fraud and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 19.7 | 0.01 | 70% |
| Sexual violations against children | 147.3 | 0.10 | 84% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 178.3 | 0.1 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 190.3 | 0.1 | 27% |
| Robbery | 1,134.7 | 0.7 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 93.7 | 0.06 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 204 | 0.1 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,733.3 | 1.8 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 581.3 | 0.4 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7,010.7 | 4.6 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 775.7 | 0.5 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 14,612 | 9.5 | 16% |
| Mischief | 3,778.7 | 2.5 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 570 | 0.4 | 55% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,542.3 | 1.7 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 396.7 | 0.3 | 71% |
| Drug violations | 2,093.7 | 1.4 | 44% |
| Impaired driving | 987.7 | 0.6 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 669 | 0.4 | 8% |
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.
Deerfield, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 59.4; the lightest was 2023, at 52.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Deerfield | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 57 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 52.2 | 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 Deerfield, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Deerfield
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | 13,090 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Trinity Commons | 8,477 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Springdale | 13,221 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| M-Section (bramalea) | 9,901 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Rosedale Village | 5,764 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) | 27,171 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| N-Section (bramalea) | 7,513 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
6 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “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 Deerfield is the city police’s, for the whole city.
Questions about safety in Deerfield
Is Deerfield safe?
The short answer is an index of 56.2 for Deerfield (2023–2025), built from 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Deerfield?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (9.5 per 1,000 residents a year); motor vehicle theft, at 4.6, and assault, at 4.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Deerfield?
Yes: the index rose 14%, from 52.2 in 2023 to 59.4 in 2025.
How much of Deerfield’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 33%: 54% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
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).