Normanhurst is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Year on year, 11.7 violent incidents and 31.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Taking everything together, Normanhurst scores B− (#519 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. In 2023 the index stood at 68.2; it fell to 62.2 in 2025. Its violent half comes to 85.7 and its non-violent half to 58.2, where the norm is 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. Measured across the Hamilton service area: crime severity and crime rate.
The B− for Normanhurst, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Normanhurst’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: #519 of 862 in Ontario and #1,018 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.
Hamilton’s crime, type by type
These are Hamilton’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Hamilton runs highest on motor vehicle theft (3.1 per 1,000 against 1.7), assault (6.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and theft under $5,000 (15 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 10 | 0.02 | 83% |
| Sexual violations against children | 95 | 0.2 | 55% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 122.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 77.3 | 0.1 | 45% |
| Robbery | 380.7 | 0.6 | 36% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 37 | 0.06 | 83% |
| Other violent violations | 117.7 | 0.2 | 50% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,695 | 2.7 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 237.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1,925.7 | 3.1 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 283.3 | 0.5 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 9,419.7 | 15 | 7% |
| Mischief | 2,898.7 | 4.6 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 192 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,806.3 | 4.5 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 216.7 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Drug violations | 821.7 | 1.3 | 73% |
| Impaired driving | 397 | 0.6 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11.3 | 0.02 | 71% |
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.
Normanhurst, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 68.2, and 2025 the lightest at 62.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Normanhurst | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.2 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 66.7 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 68.2 | 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 Normanhurst, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Normanhurst
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanhurst | 3,260 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Mcquesten West | 6,349 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Glenview West | 3,431 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Homeside | 6,011 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Bartonville | 4,311 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Crown Point East | 5,215 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Rosedale | 3,070 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- The whole city’s numbers. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Normanhurst is the city police’s, for the whole city.
Questions about safety in Normanhurst
Is Normanhurst safe?
Normanhurst’s Crime Severity Index is 65.7 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 11.7 violent incidents and 31.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Normanhurst?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 15 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (6.7) and other Criminal Code offences (5.2).
Is crime going up in Normanhurst?
The reverse: 68.2 in 2023 came down to 62.2 by 2025, 9% lower.
How much of Normanhurst’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 34% of crime (50% of violent crime, 24% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for 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).