The Windsor crime map is the Windsor Police Incident Dashboard, a free online map from the Windsor Police Service that shows the last two years of police-reported incidents in the City of Windsor, filtered by date and incident category. For the bigger picture, Statistics Canada’s 2025 figures put the Windsor metro area’s Crime Severity Index (CSI) at 55.4, down 12% from 2024 and about 26% below the national 75.0.
Data: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime statistics for 2025 (released 22 July 2026), Crime Severity Index by census metropolitan area (Table 35-10-0026-01), incidents by violation (Table 35-10-0177-01) and CSI for police services in Ontario (Table 35-10-0188-01). Dashboard features were checked on the Windsor Police Service website on 8 October 2026. We do not reproduce figures from the dashboard or the monthly police reports, which carry no open licence for reuse. Percentages not in the release are our own arithmetic. Updated 8 October 2026.
Key facts
- The Windsor Police Incident Dashboard covers the last two years of police-reported incidents in the City of Windsor (Windsor Police Service, checked 8 October 2026).
- The Windsor census metropolitan area (CMA) had a Crime Severity Index of 55.4 in 2025, down 12% from 2024, one of the two largest drops of Canada’s 41 metro areas (Statistics Canada, released 22 July 2026).
- The Windsor Police Service’s own CSI, which covers the City of Windsor, was 71.52 in 2025, down from 79.83 in 2024 and the lowest in Statistics Canada’s 2020–2025 series.
- Windsor’s 2025 break-in rate was 238 per 100,000, about 28% lower than in 2024 (our calculation from Statistics Canada data).
- Windsor’s 2025 motor vehicle theft rate was 138 per 100,000, about 31% below the national 201 (our calculation).
What is the Windsor crime map?
The Windsor crime map is the Windsor Police Incident Dashboard, an online map built on ArcGIS that lets anyone view anonymized police-reported incidents in the City of Windsor from the last two years. It is linked from the Windsor Police crime reports page, alongside monthly crime statistics reports published as PDF files on the service’s crime statistics page. At the time of checking, monthly reports for January to August 2026 were posted.
A crime map is a map of individual incidents reported to police. It is different from the Crime Severity Index, which is Statistics Canada’s annual measure of the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime, set at 100 for Canada in 2006. The dashboard shows where; the CSI shows how much and how serious. Our Crime Severity Index explainer covers the method.
What does the Windsor Police Incident Dashboard show?
The Windsor Police Incident Dashboard shows police-reported incidents in the City of Windsor over the last two years, according to the Windsor Police Service. Features listed by the police:
- Area: the City of Windsor (the police service’s jurisdiction), not the whole metro area.
- Time window: the last two years, with a date filter.
- Filters: incident category, so you can narrow the map to the types that matter to you.
- Privacy: incident information is anonymized, and some incidents or types of incidents are not displayed for privacy or investigative reasons.
- Accuracy: the police say map visualizations should be considered approximate and can be affected by source data quality and reporting delays.
A two-year window is longer than many Canadian police maps. The Hamilton crime map, for example, covers 60 days and the London, Ontario crime map covers 90 days, so Windsor’s tool is better suited to spotting longer patterns.
How do I use the Windsor crime map, step by step?
- Open the Windsor Police crime reports page and select “Incident Dashboard”.
- Zoom to the street or area you care about, for example a 10-minute walk around a home you are considering.
- Filter by incident category: break-ins for a home, vehicle-related incidents for parking, robbery and assault for walking routes.
- Use a long date range, ideally a full year. A few weeks of data can be misleading, especially for a single block.
- Compare with a part of Windsor you already know, using the same categories and dates.
- Read the monthly crime statistics reports on the police website if you want city-wide totals.
The same approach works in other cities; see our guide to checking crime in your neighbourhood.
What are the limits of the Windsor crime map?
The Windsor crime map shows approximate, anonymized locations and leaves out some incidents, so it cannot give a complete or exact picture of crime on a single street.
- Some incidents are hidden. The police withhold some incidents or incident types for privacy or investigative reasons.
- Approximate locations. Points can make incidents look grouped on one block when they were spread out.
- City only. Communities in the wider Windsor CMA that are policed by other services are not covered.
- Reported crime only. Statistics Canada found that only about 29% of victimizations in Canada were reported to police in 2019.
- Footfall. Downtown, shopping areas and border-crossing corridors record more incidents because more people pass through, not because residents face more risk.
How common are the main crime types in Windsor?
Shoplifting was the most common of the main property crimes in the Windsor CMA in 2025, with 2,034 incidents, followed by 1,164 break-ins and 675 vehicle thefts, according to Statistics Canada. The table uses annual Statistics Canada rates, not counts from the police dashboard.
| Crime type | Windsor CMA incidents (2025) | Windsor rate per 100,000 (2025) | Windsor rate per 100,000 (2024) | Canada rate per 100,000 (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Criminal Code offences (excl. traffic) | 20,548 | 4,202.8 | 4,644.1 | 5,584.6 |
| Violent crime | 4,654 | 951.9 | n/a | 1,443.3 |
| Shoplifting ($5,000 or under) | 2,034 | 416.0 | 553.5 | 501.6 |
| Break and enter | 1,164 | 238.1 | 330.2 | 262.3 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 675 | 138.1 | 189.5 | 200.8 |
| Robbery | 206 | 42.1 | n/a | 55.1 |
| Homicide (victims) | 7 | 1.43 | n/a | 1.61 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0177-01, Windsor census metropolitan area. n/a = not available in our data set.
Every crime type in the table was below the national rate in 2025. By our calculation, break-ins fell about 28%, vehicle theft about 27% and shoplifting about 25% from 2024, while shoplifting rose 11% nationally. Windsor’s car-theft rate was also about 26% below Ontario’s 186.7; see car theft in Canada and break-ins in Canada for the national picture.
Is crime in Windsor going up or down?
Crime severity in Windsor went down in 2025: the Windsor Police Service CSI fell about 10% to 71.52, its lowest level in Statistics Canada’s 2020–2025 police-service series, and the metro-wide CSI fell 12% to 55.4.
| Year | Windsor Police Service CSI (City of Windsor) | Windsor CMA CSI |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 85.37 | 68.94 |
| 2021 | 94.65 | 68.57 |
| 2022 | 80.51 | 61.72 |
| 2023 | 84.31 | 63.97 |
| 2024 | 79.83 | 62.88 |
| 2025 | 71.52 | 55.39 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Tables 35-10-0188-01 and 35-10-0026-01. Windsor Police Service violent CSI 2025: 93.51; non-violent CSI 2025: 63.33.
The City of Windsor scores higher than the metro area (71.52 against 55.4) because the city holds most of the region’s shops, workplaces, nightlife and visitors, while the CMA also averages in quieter surrounding towns. Both measures fell in 2025. For the 10-year trend and what drove the drop, read Windsor crime rate: is Windsor safe?
How does Windsor compare with other Ontario cities?
Windsor had the sixth-lowest Crime Severity Index of Ontario’s 15 metro areas in 2025, at 55.4, just behind Toronto (55.0) and Hamilton (54.8) and well below London (66.0), by our ranking of Statistics Canada data. Nationally it was the ninth-lowest of 41 metro areas.
| Metro area (CMA) | Crime Severity Index (2025) | CSI change vs 2024 | Crime rate per 100,000 (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 55.4 | -12% | 4,203 |
| Toronto | 55.0 | -7% | 3,950 |
| Hamilton | 54.8 | -7% | 4,076 |
| London | 66.0 | +8% | 5,059 |
| Ontario (province) | 57.2 | -6% | 4,296 |
| Canada | 75.0 | -5% | 5,585 |
Windsor’s 12% fall matched Regina’s and was second only to Saguenay’s 13% among Canada’s 41 metros. See the full safest cities in Ontario ranking, the most dangerous cities in Ontario list, the Toronto crime map guide and all 41 metros in crime rate in Canada by city.
The police dashboard shows where incidents happened in Windsor. Our Canada crime map puts Windsor next to every other metro area using official Statistics Canada figures.
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Windsor crime map FAQ
Does Windsor, Ontario have an official crime map?
Yes. The Windsor Police Service runs the Windsor Police Incident Dashboard, an online map of police-reported incidents in the City of Windsor over the last two years.
Does the Windsor crime map show exact addresses?
No. The Windsor Police Service says incident information is anonymized and map locations should be considered approximate.
Does the Windsor crime map show every crime?
No. Some incidents or types of incidents are not displayed for privacy or investigative reasons, and only crimes reported to police appear at all.
What is the crime rate in Windsor, Ontario?
The Windsor CMA recorded 4,203 police-reported Criminal Code incidents per 100,000 people in 2025, down 10% from 2024 and about 25% below the national rate of 5,585.
Is Windsor safe?
Windsor is safer than most Canadian metros on the official measures: its 2025 CSI of 55.4 was about 26% below the national 75.0 and the ninth-lowest of Canada’s 41 metro areas.
Related: Is Windsor safe? · Safest cities in Ontario · London, Ontario crime map · Hamilton crime map · How to protect your car from theft. Official source: Statistics Canada, The Daily. In an emergency call 911.