Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Stouffville records less crime per resident than 66% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 by 2025. Graded on crime the police covering Stouffville reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #295 of 862 in Ontario. What’s more, typical years here bring 9.7 violent incidents plus 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical town its size. Violence accounts for an index of 67.4 and other offences for 47.4, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the York Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Stouffville
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Stouffville comes 16th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Stouffville, 52.8. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Stouffville records 2.6 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Stouffville: 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: #295 of 862 in Ontario and #570 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.
Which crimes make up Stouffville’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Stouffville runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.6 per 1,000 against 1.7). Sexual assault and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 14.7 | 0.01 | 80% |
| Sexual violations against children | 128.7 | 0.1 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 153.7 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 97.7 | 0.08 | 38% |
| Robbery | 617.3 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 91.7 | 0.07 | 65% |
| Other violent violations | 290.7 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,306 | 1.8 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 291 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3,372.3 | 2.6 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 732.7 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10,573 | 8.3 | 25% |
| Mischief | 2,944 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 266.3 | 0.2 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 4,033.3 | 3.1 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 552.7 | 0.4 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 636 | 0.5 | 91% |
| Impaired driving | 1,207.3 | 0.9 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3,411.7 | 2.7 | 8% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. 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.
Stouffville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 54.6, and its lowest 2025, at 50.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stouffville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 53.6 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 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 Stouffville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
1,298,900 residents, about 12,500 violent incidents a year: the police area Stouffville belongs to, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 27,300 property crimes and 11,000 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Stouffville is 16th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Georgetown Ontario | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| 3 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| 14 | Châteauguay Quebec | 53,508 | 50.6 | 85.7 | B+ |
| 15 | Aurora Ontario | 67,385 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 16 | Stouffville Ontario | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 17 | Keswick Ontario | 53,630 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 18 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| 19 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Stouffville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Stouffville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider service area. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Stouffville included.
Questions about safety in Stouffville
Is Stouffville safe?
Its police recorded 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Stouffville a Crime Severity Index of 52.8. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Stouffville?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 8.3, fraud at 5.3 and assault at 4.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Stouffville?
Down 8%: 54.6 in 2023, 50.3 in 2025.
How much of Stouffville’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 35%: 53% for violent crime and 25% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Stouffville and everywhere else it polices.
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) · 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).