Photo: Jason Zhang · CC0Crime in York Road sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Overall, it grades B− for safety (#519 of 862 in Ontario). Violence accounts for an index of 85.7 and other offences for 58.2, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. The index fell from 68.2 in 2023 to 62.2 in 2025. Police counts work out at 11.7 violent incidents and 31.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ they are 10.8 and 25.1.
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 York Road, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for York Road 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.
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), drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (6.7 per 1,000 against 4.9).
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.
York Road, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 68.2, and 2025 the lightest at 62.2. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | York Road | 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 York Road, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around York Road
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Road | 4,931 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Central Business Dis | 6,127 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Colborne | 7,447 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Ainslie Wood West | 3,917 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Ainslie Wood East | 3,112 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Westdale South | 4,931 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
| Golf Course | 3,741 | 65.7 | 85.7 | B− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so York Road carries the city-wide figures.
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in York Road
Is York Road 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 York Road stands, with 11.7 violent and 31.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in York Road?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (15 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 6.7, and other Criminal Code offences, at 5.2, follow.
Is crime going up in York Road?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 9%, to 62.2 from 68.2.
How much of York Road’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 50% of violent crime and 24% of everything else, 34% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, 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).