Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5Georgetown records less crime per resident than 94% of Canadian towns
Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Add to that, a Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Georgetown reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #100 of 862 in Ontario. The local count comes to 3.6 violent incidents and 18.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 28.3 and 32.8.
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, crime rate and incident counts published for the Halton Region (Oakville/Burlington) service area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Georgetown
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Georgetown scores 31.4. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Georgetown is 1st of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Georgetown scores 28.3 for violence and 32.8 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size 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.
What’s behind Georgetown’s grade
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: #100 of 862 in Ontario and #134 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.
Georgetown is 1st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgetown Ontario | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| 2 | Lindsay Ontario | 85,351 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| 3 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 5 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Caledonia Ontario | 56,059 | 37.2 | 37.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Simcoe Ontario | 75,618 | 47 | 59.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Aurora Ontario | 67,385 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Georgetown in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in Georgetown, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Georgetown runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.2 per 1,000 against 1.7). Mischief and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 37.3 | 0.06 | 88% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 82.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.7 | 0.01 | 74% |
| Robbery | 130.7 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.7 | 0.04 | 98% |
| Other violent violations | 62.3 | 0.10 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 965 | 1.5 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 141 | 0.2 | 97% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1,409 | 2.2 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 313.3 | 0.5 | 36% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,951 | 9.1 | 22% |
| Mischief | 948.3 | 1.4 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 93.7 | 0.1 | 86% |
| Administration of justice violations | 987.7 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 115.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 155.3 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 439.3 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 92.7 | 0.1 | 21% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Around 2,380 violent incidents a year in the 666,500-resident police area around Georgetown, 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 12,000 property crimes, plus 2,150 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Georgetown, down 5% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 32.3, against a low of 30.6 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Georgetown | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.6 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 31.2 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 32.3 | 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 Georgetown, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Georgetown
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| Creditview | 5,598 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Alloa | 29,669 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Spring Valley | 12,564 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Mount Pleasant North | 10,103 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Mount Pleasant Village | 19,719 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| New Springbrook | 12,804 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
The places around Georgetown all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- A wider service area. Georgetown is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Georgetown
Is Georgetown safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Georgetown scores 31.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 3.6 violent and 18.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Georgetown?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 9.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.4) and motor vehicle theft (2.2).
Is crime going up in Georgetown?
No: the index fell 5%, from 32.3 in 2023 to 30.6 in 2025.
How much of Georgetown’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 39%: 68% for violent crime and 29% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Georgetown 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).