Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Keswick sees less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 67.4 and other offences to 47.4, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. In a usual year, 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 10.8 and 25.1. On top of that, on crime the police covering Keswick reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 54.6 to 50.3.
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: the York Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Keswick
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Keswick stands 14th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Near the Ontario middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 52.8 in Keswick. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Keswick records 2.6 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Keswick’s B+ for safety
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: #295 of 862 in Ontario and #570 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.
Which crimes make up Keswick’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Keswick runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.6 per 1,000 against 1.7). Sexual assault and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 14.7 | 0.01 | 80% |
| Sexual violations against children | 128.7 | 0.1 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 153.7 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 97.7 | 0.08 | 38% |
| Robbery | 617.3 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 91.7 | 0.07 | 65% |
| Other violent violations | 290.7 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,306 | 1.8 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 291 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3,372.3 | 2.6 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 732.7 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10,573 | 8.3 | 25% |
| Mischief | 2,944 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 266.3 | 0.2 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 4,033.3 | 3.1 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 552.7 | 0.4 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 636 | 0.5 | 91% |
| Impaired driving | 1,207.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3,411.7 | 2.7 | 8% |
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.
Keswick, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 54.6; the lightest was 2025, at 50.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Keswick | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 53.6 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 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 Keswick, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Keswick is 14th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | 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 |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Châteauguay Quebec | 53,508 | 50.6 | 85.7 | B+ |
| 13 | Stouffville Ontario | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 14 | Keswick Ontario | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 15 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 16 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| 17 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | 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 Keswick in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
1,298,900 residents, about 12,500 violent incidents a year: the police area Keswick belongs to, 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.
Property crime adds about 27,300 a year and other violations 11,000 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Keswick
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Innisfil | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| East Gwillimbury | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared policing. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Keswick included.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Keswick
Is Keswick safe?
Keswick measures 52.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Keswick?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (5.3) and assault (4.9).
Is crime going up in Keswick?
The reverse: 54.6 in 2023 came down to 50.3 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Keswick’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 53% of violent and 25% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Keswick and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).