Photo: TheGiantVermin · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in New Hamburg sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 89.7 and 65.4. Its letter overall is C+ (#680 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Still, in 2023 the index stood at 75.8; it fell to 66.8 in 2025. Each year brought 14.2 violent incidents and 32.2 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size).
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, crime rate and incident counts for the Waterloo Region (Kitchener) service area.
What stands out about safety in New Hamburg
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and New Hamburg stands 23rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Over the Ontario norm
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 71.9 in New Hamburg. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C+ for New Hamburg, and how it is built
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: #680 of 862 in Ontario and #1,466 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
New Hamburg, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (75.8); 2025 was the lightest, at 66.8. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | New Hamburg | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 73.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 75.8 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering New Hamburg, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up New Hamburg’s figures
Against the typical town its size, New Hamburg runs highest on fraud (7.6 per 1,000 against 5.1), break and enter (3 per 1,000 against 2.2) and theft under $5,000 (14.2 per 1,000 against 11.8). Motor vehicle theft and drug offences sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 4.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 227.7 | 0.3 | 39% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 143.3 | 0.2 | 98% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 69 | 0.10 | 52% |
| Robbery | 362.3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 120.3 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Other violent violations | 165.7 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,068.3 | 3 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 715 | 1 | 30% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1,197 | 1.7 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 290.7 | 0.4 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 9,915.7 | 14.2 | 18% |
| Mischief | 2,902.3 | 4.2 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 339 | 0.5 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 3,165.7 | 4.5 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 741.7 | 1.1 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 374.7 | 0.5 | 90% |
| Impaired driving | 414.7 | 0.6 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 67.7 | 0.10 | 74% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
New Hamburg is 23rd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Embrun Ontario | 23,655 | 26.9 | 39.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 27 | 31.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| 21 | Joliette Quebec | 22,408 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 22 | Cobourg Ontario | 22,529 | 71 | 94.5 | C+ |
| 23 | New Hamburg Ontario | 22,890 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 24 | Kingston Nova Scotia | 24,574 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 25 | Colchester County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 21,578 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| 26 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to New Hamburg in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area New Hamburg is part of, 711,500 residents, recorded about 9,930 violent incidents a year (2023–2025)
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 22,500 property crimes and 6,020 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around New Hamburg
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hamburg | 22,890 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Highland West | 12,476 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Forest Heights | 14,369 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Laurentian West | 16,857 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Victoria Hills | 10,760 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Westmount | 5,048 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| Forest Hill | 5,760 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
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
- A regional police service. New Hamburg is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in New Hamburg
Is New Hamburg safe?
New Hamburg scores 71.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 14.2 violent incidents and 32.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in New Hamburg?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 7.7 and fraud at 7.6.
Is crime going up in New Hamburg?
The reverse: 75.8 in 2023 came down to 66.8 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of New Hamburg’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 32% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 45% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for New Hamburg and everywhere else it polices.
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).