Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Greensborough than in 66% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 67.4 and other offences for 47.4, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. The yearly rates were 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Greensborough reported put it at B+ for safety: #295 of 862 in Ontario. The index fell from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 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: one figure for all of the York Region service area.
What’s behind Greensborough’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Greensborough 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: #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.
What York Region’s police record, by type
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.
Greensborough, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 54.6, against a low of 50.3 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Greensborough | 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 Greensborough, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Greensborough
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 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
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.”
- One figure for the city. The figures for Greensborough are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
Questions about safety in Greensborough
Is Greensborough safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Greensborough comes to 52.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Greensborough?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (8.3 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 5.3, and assault, at 4.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Greensborough?
No: the index fell 8%, from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 2025.
How much of Greensborough’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 35%: 53% for violent crime and 25% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
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).