Photo: Deinocheirus · CC BY-SA 3.0Beaverbrook has less crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
The index fell from 55.8 in 2023 to 52.2 in 2025. The rate of property crime is 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Beaverbrook reported put it at A+ for safety: #1 of 862 in Ontario. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 54.7, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ sits at 60.3.
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 Ottawa service area.
What’s behind Beaverbrook’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: #1 of 862 in Ontario and #1 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.
Beaverbrook against the rest of Ottawa
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Beaverbrook records less than the typical Ottawa neighbourhood, 32nd of 103 from the lowest.
Ottawa’s neighbourhoods, lowest rate first
| # | Neighbourhood | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 2 | 8.1 |
| 2 | Kinburn | 2.1 | 7.3 |
| 3 | Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | 2.2 | 10 |
| 4 | Munster - Ashton | 2.2 | 9.4 |
| 5 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | 2.3 | 12.9 |
| … | |||
| 30 | Fallingbrook | 3.7 | 11.6 |
| 31 | Old Barrhaven West | 3.7 | 14.3 |
| 32 | Beaverbrook | 3.8 | 10.2 |
| 33 | Old Barrhaven East | 3.9 | 12 |
| 34 | Kanata Lakes | 3.9 | 27.7 |
| … | |||
| 99 | Sandy Hill | 21.1 | 77.5 |
| 100 | Waterridge Village | 22.7 | 34.6 |
| 101 | Lowertown East | 24.3 | 189.6 |
| 102 | Greenbelt (east) | 24.5 | 47.5 |
| 103 | Lowertown West | 90.7 | 353.7 |
Ottawa Police Service, Criminal Offences Open Data (Open Data Licence – Ottawa Police Service), 2023–2025, placed in the neighbourhoods and divided by their 2021 census residents. Violent: offences against the person.
Ottawa’s own neighbourhood figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Which crimes make up Ottawa’s figures
These are Ottawa’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Ottawa runs highest on theft under $5,000 (16.9 per 1,000 against 11.5) and fraud (6 per 1,000 against 5). Assault and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 20.3 | 0.02 | 77% |
| Sexual violations against children | 112.3 | 0.10 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 182.7 | 0.2 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 98.3 | 0.09 | 33% |
| Robbery | 576 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 72 | 0.06 | 72% |
| Other violent violations | 231.7 | 0.2 | 45% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,537 | 2.2 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 149.7 | 0.1 | 76% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1,875.7 | 1.6 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 421.7 | 0.4 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 19,538.7 | 16.9 | 14% |
| Mischief | 3,556.7 | 3.1 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 238 | 0.2 | 82% |
| Administration of justice violations | 5,803 | 5 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 542.3 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 457 | 0.4 | 90% |
| Impaired driving | 673 | 0.6 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 31 | 0.03 | 38% |
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.
Beaverbrook, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (56) and 2025 the trough (52.2). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Beaverbrook | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.2 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 56 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 55.8 | 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 Beaverbrook, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Beaverbrook
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Katimavik-Hazeldean | 11,437 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | 15,509 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 54.7 | 66 | B+ |
| Bells Corners West | 4,422 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Beaverbrook
Is Beaverbrook safe?
Police-reported crime in Beaverbrook scores 54.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 8 violent incidents and 30.5 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 Beaverbrook?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (6) and other Criminal Code offences (5.9).
Is crime going up in Beaverbrook?
No: the index fell 6%, from 55.8 in 2023 to 52.2 in 2025.
How much of Beaverbrook’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 32%: 49% for violent crime and 23% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
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) · Ottawa Police Service, Criminal Offences Open Data · 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).