Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0Glebe-Dows Lake has more crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 54.7 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 60.3. That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Glebe-Dows Lake reported from 2023 to 2025: #810 of 862 in Ontario. There were 79.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year (20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood). By 2025 the index had dropped to 52.2, down from 55.8 in 2023.
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.
What’s behind Glebe-Dows Lake’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: #810 of 862 in Ontario and #1,936 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.
Where Glebe-Dows Lake sits within Ottawa
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Glebe-Dows Lake records more than the typical Ottawa neighbourhood, 69th 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 |
| … | |||
| 67 | Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek | 6.8 | 18.5 |
| 68 | Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park | 6.8 | 46.5 |
| 69 | Glebe-Dows Lake | 7 | 79.5 |
| 70 | Bells Corners West | 7.1 | 19.4 |
| 71 | Pineview | 7.4 | 26.1 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Crime across Ottawa, 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). Mischief and sexual assault 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.
Glebe-Dows Lake, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 56; 2025 was the lightest, 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 | Glebe-Dows Lake | 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 Glebe-Dows Lake, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Glebe-Dows Lake
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebe-Dows Lake | 13,436 | 54.7 | 66 | C− |
| Centretown | 32,035 | 54.7 | 66 | D |
| Old Ottawa South | 6,704 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| West Centretown | 8,560 | 54.7 | 66 | C− |
| Old Ottawa East | 8,308 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Civic Hospital | 6,091 | 54.7 | 66 | B− |
| Alta Vista | 8,387 | 54.7 | 66 | B |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- 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 builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Glebe-Dows Lake
Is Glebe-Dows Lake safe?
The short answer is an index of 54.7 for Glebe-Dows Lake (2023–2025), built from 8 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Glebe-Dows Lake?
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 Glebe-Dows Lake?
Down 6%: 55.8 in 2023, 52.2 in 2025.
How much of Glebe-Dows Lake’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 32% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 49% of violent crime and 23% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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).