Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0For recorded crime, Hamilton Road sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 86.4 and other offences for 63.8, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Typical years here bring 10.5 violent incidents plus 36.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. The overall Safety Grade is C+ (#641 of 862 in Ontario), which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 70.6 to 73.
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 London service area: crime severity and crime rate.
The grade: C+ for Hamilton Road
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Hamilton Road itself compares.
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: #641 of 862 in Ontario and #1,358 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 London’s police record, by type
These are London’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, London runs highest on drug offences (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.9), robbery (0.7 per 1,000 against 0.4) and theft under $5,000 (21.4 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 6.3 | 0.01 | 100% |
| Sexual violations against children | 117.7 | 0.2 | 39% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 171.7 | 0.4 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 40.3 | 0.08 | 60% |
| Robbery | 334 | 0.7 | 57% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 68.3 | 0.1 | 98% |
| Other violent violations | 87.7 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,157.7 | 2.4 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 153.7 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 929.7 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 291.3 | 0.6 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10,420.3 | 21.4 | 19% |
| Mischief | 2,369.7 | 4.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 210.7 | 0.4 | 47% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,674 | 5.5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 363 | 0.7 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 942 | 1.9 | 94% |
| Impaired driving | 484.3 | 1 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 973.7 | 2 | 5% |
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.
Hamilton Road, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 73, with 2024 the lightest at 65.8. 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 | Hamilton Road | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 65.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 70.6 | 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 Hamilton Road, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Hamilton Road
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Road | 15,283 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Glen Cairn | 16,119 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| East London | 10,972 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Jackson | 8,124 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Argyle | 28,109 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Westminster | 10,794 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
| Central London | 19,363 | 69.8 | 86.4 | C+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the city. The figures for Hamilton Road are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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 Hamilton Road
Is Hamilton Road safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Hamilton Road’s Crime Severity Index stands at 69.8 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.5 violent incidents and 36.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Hamilton Road?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (21.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 7.4, and assault, at 5.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Hamilton Road?
The index stayed close to where it was, 70.6 in 2023 and 73 in 2025.
How much of Hamilton Road’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 61% of violent crime and 26% of everything else, 38% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).