Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Roseland records more crime than two in three Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 94.5 for violence and 72.8 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). A Safety Grade of C+ follows from crime the police covering Roseland reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #748 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, its police logs show 11.9 violent incidents and 39.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ the numbers 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 Windsor service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Roseland
Lighter than in 2023
From 84.3 in 2023 to 71.5 in 2025: that is Roseland’s index, against 64.3 and 59.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Roseland’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Roseland 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: #748 of 862 in Ontario and #1,604 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.
In Roseland, down 15% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 84.3 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 71.5. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roseland | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 79.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 84.3 | 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 Roseland, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Which crimes make up Windsor’s figures
These are Windsor’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Windsor runs highest on break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.2), robbery (0.6 per 1,000 against 0.4) and theft under $5,000 (19.9 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 82.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 58.3 | 0.2 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 50 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Robbery | 185.3 | 0.6 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 47.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 53 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,184.3 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 130.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 687 | 2.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 133.7 | 0.5 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,783.7 | 19.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 1,554.3 | 5.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 82.7 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,731.3 | 5.9 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 160.3 | 0.6 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 119 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Impaired driving | 258 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.04 | 64% |
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.
Crime in the places around Roseland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland | 20,587 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
6 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- City-wide figures. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Roseland carries the city-wide figures.
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Roseland
Is Roseland safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Roseland comes to 78.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 11.9 violent incidents and 39.6 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Roseland?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 19.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (7) and assault (6.8).
Is crime going up in Roseland?
The reverse: 84.3 in 2023 came down to 71.5 by 2025, 15% lower.
How much of Roseland’s crime do police solve?
About 41% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 74% of violent and 25% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ 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).