Dufferin Hill has less crime per resident than 66% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 by 2025. On top of that, the Safety Grade comes out at B+, drawn from crime the police covering Dufferin Hill reported through 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Violence and property crime split as 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 67.4 and 47.4.
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.
The grade: B+ for Dufferin Hill
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Dufferin Hill 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.
What York Region’s police record, 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.
Dufferin Hill, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (54.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 50.3. 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 | Dufferin Hill | 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 Dufferin Hill, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Dufferin Hill
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Crossroads | 4,525 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Carrville Corners | 13,004 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Thornhill Woods | 13,237 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| The Valleys of Thornhill | 9,979 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Maple | 20,122 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Beverley Glen | 38,720 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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 figure for the city. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Dufferin Hill carries the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Dufferin Hill
Is Dufferin Hill safe?
Dufferin Hill’s Crime Severity Index is 52.8 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Dufferin Hill?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (5.3) and assault (4.9).
Is crime going up in Dufferin Hill?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 50.3 from 54.6.
How much of Dufferin Hill’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 35% of crime (53% of violent crime, 25% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for 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).