Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPine Grove records less crime per resident than 66% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 2025. Add to that, that puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Pine Grove reported from 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. Area behind the crime severity and crime rate figures: the York Region service area.
The grade: B+ for Pine Grove
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Pine Grove alone.
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). 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.
Pine Grove, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 54.6, and its lowest 2025, at 50.3. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pine Grove | 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 Pine Grove, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Pine Grove
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 13,302 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| The Ravines of Rainbow Creek | 5,333 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Woodbridge | 18,835 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Elder Mills | 16,790 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Woodbridge Meadows | 3,651 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek | 6,822 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. The figures for Pine Grove are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- 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.
- 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. 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.”
Questions about safety in Pine Grove
Is Pine Grove safe?
Pine Grove scores 52.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3; per 1,000 residents a year that is 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Pine Grove?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 5.3 and assault at 4.9.
Is crime going up in Pine Grove?
The reverse: 54.6 in 2023 came down to 50.3 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Pine Grove’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 35% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 53% of violent crime and 25% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).