Photo: Rick Harris from Toronto, Ontario, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Uxbridge than in 75% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 61.4 and other offences for 39.9, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Its letter for safety is A−, worked out from crime the police covering Uxbridge reported over 2023 to 2025: #234 of 862 in Ontario. Year on year, 7.9 violent incidents and 20.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. What’s more, in 2023 the index stood at 47; it fell to 43.2 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Durham Region (Oshawa/Whitby/Ajax) service area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Uxbridge
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Uxbridge is 11th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Much like Ontario’s towns
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Uxbridge scores 45.8. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 42% of Uxbridge’s crime, weighted by seriousness (55% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Uxbridge’s A− for safety
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: #234 of 862 in Ontario and #432 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Uxbridge’s crime by kind
Break and enter and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 10.7 | 0.01 | 78% |
| Sexual violations against children | 118.7 | 0.2 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 92.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 68.3 | 0.09 | 41% |
| Robbery | 303 | 0.4 | 49% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 24 | 0.03 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 106.3 | 0.1 | 53% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,113.7 | 1.4 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 152.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1,359.7 | 1.7 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 256.3 | 0.3 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 7,521.7 | 9.5 | 24% |
| Mischief | 2,015.3 | 2.6 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 122.3 | 0.2 | 88% |
| Administration of justice violations | 5,130.7 | 6.5 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 249.3 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 551.7 | 0.7 | 93% |
| Impaired driving | 813.3 | 1 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 153 | 0.2 | 18% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Uxbridge is 11th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Embrun Ontario | 23,655 | 26.9 | 39.7 | A+ |
| 5 | South Frontenac Ontario | 21,599 | 27.1 | 32.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Essex Ontario | 23,872 | 37.3 | 63.2 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Lazare Quebec | 22,895 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Port Perry Ontario | 23,928 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 11 | Uxbridge Ontario | 22,618 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 12 | Huntsville Ontario | 23,948 | 48.2 | 68.1 | B+ |
| 13 | Colwood British Columbia | 22,794 | 49.8 | 63.6 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Lambert Quebec | 23,355 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Uxbridge in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Uxbridge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 47.2, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 43.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Uxbridge | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 47.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 47 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Uxbridge, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 6,230 violent incidents a year across the police area of 810,100 residents that includes Uxbridge, 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.
And about 16,100 property crimes, plus 7,580 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Uxbridge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uxbridge | 22,618 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| Port Perry | 23,928 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| Stouffville | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One service, several municipalities. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Uxbridge included.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Uxbridge
Is Uxbridge safe?
Uxbridge measures 45.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 7.9 violent incidents and 20.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Uxbridge?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 9.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (7.3) and fraud (4.6).
Is crime going up in Uxbridge?
Down 8%: 47 in 2023, 43.2 in 2025.
How much of Uxbridge’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 55% of violent crime and 35% of everything else, 42% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Uxbridge together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).