Photo: Hillelfrei · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Concord than in 66% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 67.4 and other offences for 47.4, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Concord reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 54.6 to 50.3. Its police logs show 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ the numbers are 10.8 and 25.1.
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 and crime rate: the York Region service area.
What’s behind Concord’s grade
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Concord can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
York Region’s crime, type by type
These are York Region’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, York Region runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.6 per 1,000 against 1.7). Theft under $5,000 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 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.
Concord, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 54.6 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 50.3 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Concord | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Concord, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Concord
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 7,225 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Beverley Glen | 38,720 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Westminster-Branson | 26,027 | 66 | 92.6 | A |
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Thornhill | 17,940 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Newtonbrook West | 23,978 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Crossroads | 4,525 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Concord. Its police also cover 4 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
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- The whole city’s numbers. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Concord is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Concord
Is Concord safe?
Its police recorded 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Concord a Crime Severity Index of 52.8. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Concord?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (5.3) and assault (4.9).
Is crime going up in Concord?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 50.3 from 54.6.
How much of Concord’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 53% of violent crime and 25% of everything else, 35% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole 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) · 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).