Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Osgoode - Vernon records less crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Each year brought 10.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents (20.6 in the typical Ottawa neighbourhood). That puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Osgoode - Vernon reported from 2023 to 2025: #1 of 862 in Ontario. What’s more, a Crime Severity Index of 54.7, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. The index fell from 55.8 in 2023 to 52.2 in 2025.
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.
What sits behind Osgoode - Vernon’s A+
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: #1 of 862 in Ontario and #1 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.
Osgoode - Vernon against the rest of Ottawa
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Counting up from the quietest, Osgoode - Vernon stands 10th of 103 in Ottawa, on the lower side.
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 |
| … | |||
| 8 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm | 2.5 | 13.5 |
| 9 | Greely | 2.5 | 13.7 |
| 10 | Osgoode - Vernon | 2.6 | 10.5 |
| 11 | Dunrobin | 2.6 | 8 |
| 12 | North Gower - Kars | 2.7 | 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). 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.
Osgoode - Vernon, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (56) and 2025 the trough (52.2). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Osgoode - Vernon | 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 Osgoode - Vernon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Osgoode - Vernon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osgoode - Vernon | 6,398 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| North Gower - Kars | 5,439 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Manotick | 8,770 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Greely | 10,359 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | 19,802 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay | 28,714 | 54.7 | 66 | A− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Osgoode - Vernon
Is Osgoode - Vernon safe?
Osgoode - Vernon scores 54.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3; per 1,000 residents a year that is 8 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Osgoode - Vernon?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 16.9, fraud at 6 and other Criminal Code offences at 5.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Osgoode - Vernon?
No: the index fell 6%, from 55.8 in 2023 to 52.2 in 2025.
How much of Osgoode - Vernon’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).