Photo: Raquel. · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Vellore runs lower than in 66% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 67.4 and other offences to 47.4, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering Vellore reported from 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 54.6; it fell to 50.3 in 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 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.
Inside Vellore’s B+ for safety
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Vellore 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). 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.
Vellore, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 54.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 50.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Vellore | 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 Vellore, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Vellore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vellore | 39,490 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Purpleville | 19,918 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Peace Village | 14,598 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Maple | 20,122 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Pine Grove | 13,302 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 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
- 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. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. The figures for Vellore are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Vellore
Is Vellore safe?
Statistics Canada puts Vellore at 52.8 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.7 and property crimes at 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Vellore?
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 Vellore?
Down 8%: 54.6 in 2023, 50.3 in 2025.
How much of Vellore’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?
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).