Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Navan - Sarsfield sees less crime per resident than 74% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 55.8 to 52.2. On the record of crime the police covering Navan - Sarsfield reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B+ for safety: #249 of 862 in Ontario. The rate of property crime is 30.3 per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood. Its Crime Severity Index averaged 54.7 over 2023–2025, against 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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-wide: crime severity and crime rate, counted over the Ottawa service area.
Navan - Sarsfield: B+ for safety, and why
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: #249 of 862 in Ontario and #455 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.
Navan - Sarsfield among Ottawa’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Ranked from the lowest rate, Navan - Sarsfield is 58th of Ottawa’s 103 neighbourhoods, past 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 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
| 60 | Island Park-Wellington Village | 6.1 | 26.7 |
| … | |||
| 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.
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.
Navan - Sarsfield, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 56, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 52.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Navan - Sarsfield | 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 Navan - Sarsfield, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Navan - Sarsfield
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan - Sarsfield | 2,853 | 54.7 | 66 | B+ |
| Portobello South | 29,960 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Cardinal Creek | 11,676 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Fallingbrook | 17,836 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Chapel Hill South | 14,278 | 54.7 | 66 | A |
| Vars | 2,767 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Queenswood Heights | 8,998 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
The table leaves out 6 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Navan - Sarsfield
Is Navan - Sarsfield safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Navan - Sarsfield’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 Navan - Sarsfield?
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 Navan - Sarsfield?
The reverse: 55.8 in 2023 came down to 52.2 by 2025, 6% lower.
How much of Navan - Sarsfield’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).