Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Blackburn Hamlet runs lower than in 95% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 54.7 over 2023–2025, against 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 55.8; it fell to 52.2 in 2025. Counting crime the police covering Blackburn Hamlet reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #89 of 862 in Ontario. The rate of property crime is 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood.
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. Shared with the rest of the Ottawa service area: crime severity and crime rate.
Inside Blackburn Hamlet’s A+ for safety
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: #89 of 862 in Ontario and #110 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.
Blackburn Hamlet among Ottawa’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Blackburn Hamlet records more than the typical Ottawa neighbourhood, 57th 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 |
| … | |||
| 55 | Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park | 5.7 | 63.2 |
| 56 | Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay | 5.7 | 30.5 |
| 57 | Blackburn Hamlet | 5.7 | 15.8 |
| 58 | Navan - Sarsfield | 6 | 30.3 |
| 59 | Fisher Heights | 6 | 60.6 |
| … | |||
| 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.
What Ottawa’s police record, by type
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.
Blackburn Hamlet, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 56, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in 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 | Blackburn Hamlet | 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 Blackburn Hamlet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Blackburn Hamlet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Hamlet | 7,606 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Greenbelt (east) | 3,094 | 54.7 | 66 | C− |
| Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights | 7,746 | 54.7 | 66 | A− |
| Chapel Hill North | 11,715 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Chapel Hill South | 14,278 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Pineview | 6,346 | 54.7 | 66 | A− |
| Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North | 10,985 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
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 crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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 Blackburn Hamlet
Is Blackburn Hamlet safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Blackburn Hamlet’s Crime Severity Index stands at 54.7 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Blackburn Hamlet?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (6) and other Criminal Code offences (5.9).
Is crime going up in Blackburn Hamlet?
The reverse: 55.8 in 2023 came down to 52.2 by 2025, 6% lower.
How much of Blackburn Hamlet’s crime do police solve?
About 32% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 23% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).