Recorded crime in Fairview is close to typical for Canadian towns
The overall Safety Grade is B (#390 of 862 in Ontario), which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 75.6 for violence and 48.9 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Its Crime Severity Index climbed from 52.2 in 2023 to 59.4 by 2025. Behind the grade sit 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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 Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area, not by town.
Fairview: B for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Fairview 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: #390 of 862 in Ontario and #765 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 Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton), by type
These are Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton)’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.6 per 1,000 against 1.7), robbery (0.7 per 1,000 against 0.4) and drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.9). Fraud and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 19.7 | 0.01 | 70% |
| Sexual violations against children | 147.3 | 0.10 | 84% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 178.3 | 0.1 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 190.3 | 0.1 | 27% |
| Robbery | 1,134.7 | 0.7 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 93.7 | 0.06 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 204 | 0.1 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,733.3 | 1.8 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 581.3 | 0.4 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7,010.7 | 4.6 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 775.7 | 0.5 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 14,612 | 9.5 | 16% |
| Mischief | 3,778.7 | 2.5 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 570 | 0.4 | 55% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,542.3 | 1.7 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 396.7 | 0.3 | 71% |
| Drug violations | 2,093.7 | 1.4 | 44% |
| Impaired driving | 987.7 | 0.6 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 669 | 0.4 | 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.
Fairview, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 59.4, and 2023 lowest at 52.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fairview | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 57 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 52.2 | 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 Fairview, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Fairview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 7,597 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| DT Core | 33,003 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Cooksville NHD (West) | 14,821 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| DT Fairview | 18,209 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| DT Cooksville | 8,864 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Erindale | 22,755 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Fairview carries the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Fairview
Is Fairview safe?
The short answer is an index of 56.2 for Fairview (2023–2025), built from 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Fairview?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 9.5, motor vehicle theft at 4.6 and assault at 4.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Fairview?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 14%, to 59.4 from 52.2.
How much of Fairview’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 33% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 54% of violent crime and 20% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole 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).