Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Innisfil records less crime per resident than 93% of Canadian towns
Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. What’s more, in a usual year, 6.7 violent incidents and 14.9 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 10.8 and 25.1. On the record of crime the police covering Innisfil reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A for safety: #120 of 862 in Ontario. Of the two halves, violence comes to 41.8 and other offences to 29.1, beside norms of 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the South Simcoe (Innisfil) service area.
What stands out about safety in Innisfil
Lower than most of Ontario
Innisfil’s index of 32.5 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Innisfil places 3rd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Innisfil’s A
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: #120 of 862 in Ontario and #156 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.
By its index, Innisfil stands 3rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 3 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 5 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| 6 | Paris Ontario | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| 7 | Caledonia Ontario | 56,059 | 37.2 | 37.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Stouffville Ontario | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 15 | Keswick Ontario | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 16 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Innisfil in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Which crimes make up Innisfil’s figures
Theft under $5,000 and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.7 | 0.1 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 0.06 | 48% |
| Robbery | 12.3 | 0.1 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 86 | 0.9 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.7 | 0.10 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 163 | 1.6 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 39.7 | 0.4 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 555.3 | 5.6 | 18% |
| Mischief | 207.7 | 2.1 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 21.7 | 0.2 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 237 | 2.4 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33.7 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 21 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Impaired driving | 104 | 1 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5.7 | 0.06 | 88% |
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.
About 670 violent incidents a year across the police area of 102,000 residents that includes Innisfil, 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.
Add about 1,480 property crimes and 510 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
In Innisfil, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 34; 2025 was lightest, at 31.6. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Innisfil | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.6 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 34 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 32 | 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 Innisfil, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Innisfil
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Innisfil.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One service, several municipalities. The service that polices Innisfil reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- 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 Innisfil
Is Innisfil safe?
Its police recorded 6.7 violent incidents and 14.9 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Innisfil a Crime Severity Index of 32.5. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Innisfil?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4.1 and other Criminal Code offences at 3.3.
Is crime going up in Innisfil?
Hardly at all, from 32 in 2023 to 31.6 in 2025.
How much of Innisfil’s crime do police solve?
About 42% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 62% of violent and 30% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Innisfil and everywhere else it polices.
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).