Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Katimavik-Hazeldean than in 93% 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. The rate of property crime is 20.6 per 1,000 residents a year (20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood). Graded on crime the police covering Katimavik-Hazeldean reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #120 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, 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. Area behind the crime severity and crime rate figures: the Ottawa service area.
What’s behind Katimavik-Hazeldean’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: #120 of 862 in Ontario and #156 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.
Katimavik-Hazeldean among Ottawa’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Ranked from the lowest rate, Katimavik-Hazeldean is 45th of Ottawa’s 103 neighbourhoods, short of the middle.
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 |
| … | |||
| 43 | Stittsville North | 4.7 | 20.9 |
| 44 | Stittsville East | 4.7 | 13.7 |
| 45 | Katimavik-Hazeldean | 4.8 | 20.6 |
| 46 | Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park | 4.8 | 17.7 |
| 47 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke | 5 | 75.4 |
| … | |||
| 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). 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.
Katimavik-Hazeldean, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 56; 2025 was lightest, at 52.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Katimavik-Hazeldean | 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 Katimavik-Hazeldean, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Katimavik-Hazeldean
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katimavik-Hazeldean | 11,437 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 54.7 | 66 | B+ |
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Stittsville East | 10,482 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Stittsville North | 13,331 | 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
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Katimavik-Hazeldean
Is Katimavik-Hazeldean safe?
Katimavik-Hazeldean’s Crime Severity Index is 54.7 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 8 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Katimavik-Hazeldean?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 6 and other Criminal Code offences at 5.9.
Is crime going up in Katimavik-Hazeldean?
It went down 6% between 2023 and 2025, from 55.8 to 52.2.
How much of Katimavik-Hazeldean’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).