Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Langstaff than in 66% of 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. By 2025 the index had dropped to 50.3, down from 54.6 in 2023. Add to that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Langstaff reported put it at B+ for safety: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Its police logs show 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ the numbers are 10.8 and 25.1.
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.
Langstaff: B+ for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Langstaff alone.
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.
Crime across York Region, 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). Theft under $5,000 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.
Langstaff, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 54.6 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 50.3 in 2025. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Langstaff | 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 Langstaff, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Langstaff
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langstaff | 8,147 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Steeles Corners | 9,468 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Thornlea | 20,872 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Thornhill | 17,940 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Beverley Glen | 38,720 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Newtonbrook East | 15,996 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Thornhill Woods | 13,237 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
5 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Langstaff is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Langstaff
Is Langstaff safe?
Langstaff’s Crime Severity Index is 52.8 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Langstaff?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (5.3) and assault (4.9).
Is crime going up in Langstaff?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 50.3 from 54.6.
How much of Langstaff’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 of 50,000+ 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).