Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Newmarket than in 66% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 67.4 and its non-violent half to 47.4, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. Measured on crime the police covering Newmarket reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B+: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Per 1,000 residents a year, 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. On top of that, in 2023 the index stood at 54.6; it fell to 50.3 in 2025.
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 published for the York Region service area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Newmarket
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Newmarket comes 12th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Newmarket, 52.8. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Newmarket records 2.6 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Newmarket’s grade
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.
Newmarket’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Newmarket runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.6 per 1,000 against 1.7). Sexual assault 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 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 50,000 people or more.
By its index, Newmarket stands 12th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Georgetown Ontario | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| 3 | Lindsay Ontario | 85,351 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Bolton Ontario | 90,201 | 39.2 | 51 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Pickering Ontario | 118,378 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 9 | Bowmanville Ontario | 114,180 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 10 | Simcoe Ontario | 75,618 | 47 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 11 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| 12 | Newmarket Ontario | 95,763 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 100,806 | 53.1 | 81 | B+ |
| 14 | Brossard Quebec | 97,597 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 15 | Niagara Falls Ontario | 113,983 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Newmarket in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Newmarket, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (54.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 50.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Newmarket | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Newmarket, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 12,500 violent incidents a year across the police area of 1,298,900 residents that includes Newmarket, 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.
Property crime adds about 27,300 a year and other violations 11,000 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Newmarket
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 95,763 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Aurora | 67,385 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| East Gwillimbury | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Bradford | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| King | 29,077 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Cathedraltown | 11,029 | 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
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One service, several municipalities. Newmarket is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Newmarket
Is Newmarket safe?
Police-reported crime in Newmarket scores 52.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Newmarket?
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 Newmarket?
The reverse: 54.6 in 2023 came down to 50.3 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Newmarket’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 35% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 53% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Newmarket 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).