Photo: Michael Nugent from Vancouver, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in City View runs higher than in 75% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 52.2, down from 55.8 in 2023. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 54.7 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering City View reported put it at C for safety. The rate of property crime is 64.1 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. Crime severity and crime rate published for the Ottawa service area, not by town.
The grade: C for City View
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
City View among Ottawa’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Of 103 Ottawa neighbourhoods, City View comes 80th counting from the lowest rate: above the typical one.
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 |
| … | |||
| 78 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay | 8 | 17.3 |
| 79 | Bells Corners East | 9.1 | 47.4 |
| 80 | City View | 9.2 | 64.1 |
| 81 | Carson Grove - Carson Meadows | 9.7 | 95.5 |
| 82 | Hintonburg-Mechanicsville | 9.8 | 55.9 |
| … | |||
| 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.
City View, 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. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | City View | 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 City View, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around City View
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City View | 6,468 | 54.7 | 66 | C |
| Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park | 9,248 | 54.7 | 66 | C |
| Crestview-Tanglewood | 8,302 | 54.7 | 66 | B+ |
| Fisher Heights | 6,451 | 54.7 | 66 | C |
| Centrepointe - Briargreen | 9,259 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Iris | 5,733 | 54.7 | 66 | B+ |
| Craig Henry - Manordale | 8,758 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in City View
Is City View safe?
Its police recorded 8 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives City View a Crime Severity Index of 54.7. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in City View?
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 City View?
It went down 6% between 2023 and 2025, from 55.8 to 52.2.
How much of City View’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 49% of violent crime and 23% of everything else, 32% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).