For recorded crime, Uptown sits in the middle of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 52.2; it rose to 59.4 in 2025. Overall, it grades B for safety (#390 of 862 in Ontario). Split in two, the index gives 75.6 for violence and 48.9 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Recorded violent incidents ran at 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 22.6, against 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. Data for crime severity and crime rate covers the Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) service area.
What’s behind Uptown’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Uptown’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: #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.
Which crimes make up Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton)’s figures
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.
Uptown, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (59.4); 2023 was the low point, 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 | Uptown | 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 Uptown, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Uptown
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uptown | 12,244 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Hurontario | 43,877 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| DT Core | 33,003 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| DT Fairview | 18,209 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Britannia | 4,641 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
| Fairview | 7,597 | 56.2 | 75.6 | B |
The table leaves out 6 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by 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 Uptown are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Uptown
Is Uptown safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Uptown’s Crime Severity Index stands at 56.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8.5 violent incidents and 22.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Uptown?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 9.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come motor vehicle theft at 4.6 and assault at 4.3.
Is crime going up in Uptown?
It has: 52.2 in 2023 became 59.4 by 2025, a rise of 14%.
How much of Uptown’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 54% of violent crime and 20% of everything else, 33% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, 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).