Recorded crime in Westmeria is close to typical for Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 85.7 for violence and 58.2 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Overall, it grades B− for safety (#519 of 862 in Ontario). By contrast, 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. Source area for crime severity and crime rate: the Hamilton service area.
What’s behind Westmeria’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Westmeria 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: #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.
What Hamilton’s police record, 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.
Westmeria, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 68.2 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 62.2. 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 | Westmeria | 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 Westmeria, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Westmeria
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the city. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Westmeria is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Westmeria
Is Westmeria safe?
Its police recorded 11.7 violent incidents and 31.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Westmeria a Crime Severity Index of 65.7. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Westmeria?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 15 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 6.7 and other Criminal Code offences at 5.2.
Is crime going up in Westmeria?
The reverse: 68.2 in 2023 came down to 62.2 by 2025, 9% lower.
How much of Westmeria’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 34% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 50% of violent crime and 24% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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).