Photo: James Victor Salmon · Public domainCrime per resident in Woodbridge 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. The grade is B+, built on crime the police covering Woodbridge reported from 2023 to 2025: #295 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, the index fell from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 2025. Police counts work out at 9.7 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ they 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. Measured across the York Region service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What’s behind Woodbridge’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Woodbridge 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.
Crime across York Region, 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.
Woodbridge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 54.6; the lightest was 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 | Woodbridge | 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 Woodbridge, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Woodbridge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge | 18,835 | 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+ |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek | 6,822 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Humber Summit | 12,194 | 66 | 92.6 | D |
| Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown | 32,069 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
The places around Woodbridge all score higher on the index. Sharing its police with 4 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
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. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. The figures for Woodbridge 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.
Questions about safety in Woodbridge
Is Woodbridge safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 52.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Woodbridge stands, with 9.7 violent and 21.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Woodbridge?
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 Woodbridge?
No: the index fell 8%, from 54.6 in 2023 to 50.3 in 2025.
How much of Woodbridge’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 35% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 53% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
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).