Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Elder Mills records less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Elder Mills reported from 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 67.4 and 47.4. By 2025 the index had dropped to 50.3, down from 54.6 in 2023. 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+.
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. Data for crime severity and crime rate covers the York Region service area.
What sits behind Elder Mills’s B+
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Elder Mills on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
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 York Region’s figures
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). 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 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.
Elder Mills, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (54.6); the low point came in 2025, at 50.3. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Elder Mills | 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 Elder Mills, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Elder Mills
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elder Mills | 16,790 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Woodbridge Meadows | 3,651 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Pine Grove | 13,302 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| The Ravines of Rainbow Creek | 5,333 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek | 6,822 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| New Kleinburg | 11,333 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Woodbridge | 18,835 | 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
- 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 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.”
- City-wide figures. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Elder Mills is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- The index’s scale. 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 Elder Mills
Is Elder Mills safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Elder Mills’s Crime Severity Index stands at 52.8 for 2023–2025. Its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Elder Mills?
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 Elder Mills?
Down 8%: 54.6 in 2023, 50.3 in 2025.
How much of Elder Mills’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 of 50,000+ it is 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).