Photo: Cameron Hill · CC0Few Canadian towns record less crime per resident than Old Barrhaven West
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 55.8 in 2023 to 52.2 by 2025. Add to that, that puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Old Barrhaven West reported from 2023 to 2025: #27 of 862 in Ontario. Property crime ran at 14.3 per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood. 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+.
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.
The grade: A+ for Old Barrhaven West
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: #27 of 862 in Ontario and #29 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.
How Old Barrhaven West compares across Ottawa
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Ranked from the lowest rate, Old Barrhaven West is 31st 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 |
| … | |||
| 29 | Cumberland | 3.7 | 11.3 |
| 30 | Fallingbrook | 3.7 | 11.6 |
| 31 | Old Barrhaven West | 3.7 | 14.3 |
| 32 | Beaverbrook | 3.8 | 10.2 |
| 33 | Old Barrhaven East | 3.9 | 12 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Old Barrhaven West, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 56, with 2025 the lightest at 52.2. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Old Barrhaven West | 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 Old Barrhaven West, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Old Barrhaven West
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Barrhaven West | 22,012 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Old Barrhaven East | 23,585 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay | 28,714 | 54.7 | 66 | A− |
| Chapman Mills | 12,075 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | 13,998 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Trend-Arlington | 3,844 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | 19,802 | 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
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Old Barrhaven West
Is Old Barrhaven West safe?
The short answer is an index of 54.7 for Old Barrhaven West (2023–2025), built from 8 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Old Barrhaven West?
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 Old Barrhaven West?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 6%, to 52.2 from 55.8.
How much of Old Barrhaven West’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?
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).