Photo: Sdeschenes at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in East Gwillimbury runs lower than in 66% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 67.4 for violence and 47.4 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). The grade is B+, built on crime the police covering East Gwillimbury reported from 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. What’s more, the index fell from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 2025. Its police logs show 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.0 and 30.5.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the York Region service area.
What stands out about safety in East Gwillimbury
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and East Gwillimbury stands 10th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
About the Ontario norm
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 52.8 in East Gwillimbury. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
East Gwillimbury: B+ for safety, and why
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: #295 of 862 in Ontario and #570 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, East Gwillimbury places 10th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Cochrane Alberta | 39,397 | 39.7 | 38.9 | A |
| 9 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| 10 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 11 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| 12 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 13 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to East Gwillimbury in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
What police record in East Gwillimbury, by type
Sexual assault and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 14.7 | 0.01 | 80% |
| Sexual violations against children | 128.7 | 0.1 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 153.7 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 97.7 | 0.08 | 38% |
| Robbery | 617.3 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 91.7 | 0.07 | 65% |
| Other violent violations | 290.7 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,306 | 1.8 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 291 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3,372.3 | 2.6 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 732.7 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10,573 | 8.3 | 25% |
| Mischief | 2,944 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 266.3 | 0.2 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 4,033.3 | 3.1 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 552.7 | 0.4 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 636 | 0.5 | 91% |
| Impaired driving | 1,207.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3,411.7 | 2.7 | 8% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
East Gwillimbury, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (54.6); the low point came in 2025, at 50.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | East Gwillimbury | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 53.6 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering East Gwillimbury, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 12,500 violent incidents a year in the 1,298,900-resident police area around East Gwillimbury, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 27,300 property crimes, plus 11,000 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around East Gwillimbury
3 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
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared policing. The service that polices East Gwillimbury reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- 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.
Questions about safety in East Gwillimbury
Is East Gwillimbury safe?
With 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, East Gwillimbury comes to 52.8 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in East Gwillimbury?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (5.3) and assault (4.9).
Is crime going up in East Gwillimbury?
Down 8%: 54.6 in 2023, 50.3 in 2025.
How much of East Gwillimbury’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 35% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 53% of violent crime and 25% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving East Gwillimbury together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).