Photo: Jjj84206 · CC BY-SA 4.0For recorded crime, Meadowvale sits in the middle of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had climbed to 59.4, up from 52.2 in 2023. Overall, it grades B for safety (#390 of 862 in Ontario). Add to that, for every 1,000 residents, 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, the figures are 10.8 and 25.1. Violence accounts for an index of 75.6 and other offences for 48.9, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2.
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. The crime severity and crime rate numbers here cover the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area.
The grade: B for Meadowvale
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Meadowvale can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
Meadowvale, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 59.4 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 52.2. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Meadowvale | 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 Meadowvale, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Meadowvale
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Lisgar | 31,627 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Streetsville | 13,535 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Central Erin Mills | 36,393 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Barbertown | 9,209 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
6 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. The figures for Meadowvale are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. 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 Meadowvale
Is Meadowvale safe?
Its police recorded 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Meadowvale a Crime Severity Index of 56.2. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Meadowvale?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 9.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of motor vehicle theft (4.6) and assault (4.3).
Is crime going up in Meadowvale?
It has: 52.2 in 2023 became 59.4 by 2025, a rise of 14%.
How much of Meadowvale’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 33%: 54% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).