Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in Strathcona is close to typical for Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 85.7 and other offences for 58.2, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Strathcona at B− (#519 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Still, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 68.2 in 2023 to 62.2 by 2025. Each year brought 11.7 violent incidents and 31.2 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+).
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 and crime rate: the Hamilton service area.
Inside Strathcona’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Strathcona can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
Crime across Hamilton, 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), robbery (0.6 per 1,000 against 0.4) and drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.9).
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.
Strathcona, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 68.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 62.2 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Strathcona | 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 Strathcona, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Strathcona
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona | 9,348 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Central | 3,698 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Kirkendall North | 5,864 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Durand | 13,338 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Westdale South | 4,931 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Kirkendall South | 3,033 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Corktown | 8,952 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
6 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Strathcona is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
Questions about safety in Strathcona
Is Strathcona safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 65.7 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Strathcona stands, with 11.7 violent and 31.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Strathcona?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 15, assault at 6.7 and other Criminal Code offences at 5.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Strathcona?
It went down 9% between 2023 and 2025, from 68.2 to 62.2.
How much of Strathcona’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 34% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 50% of violent and 24% of non-violent crime.
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).