Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Berczy Village has less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Berczy Village reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 67.4 and 47.4. Recorded violent incidents ran at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 21.4, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. What’s more, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 by 2025.
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 and crime rate published for the York Region service area, not by town.
Inside Berczy Village’s B+ for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Berczy Village’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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 York Region’s figures
These are York Region’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, York Region 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 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.
Berczy Village, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 54.6, and its lowest 2025, at 50.3. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Berczy Village | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Berczy Village, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Berczy Village
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 52.8 | 67.4 | 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
- City-wide figures. The figures for Berczy Village are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Berczy Village
Is Berczy Village safe?
Statistics Canada puts Berczy Village at 52.8 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.7 and property crimes at 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Berczy Village?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 5.3 and assault at 4.9.
Is crime going up in Berczy Village?
No: the index fell 8%, from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 2025.
How much of Berczy Village’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 35% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 53% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
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).