Disclaimer | Canada Crime Map

Canada Crime Map publishes general information about police-reported crime in Canada, based on official statistics. Please read this disclaimer before relying on anything you find here.

Our data has limits

We use official figures, mainly from Statistics Canada and police open-data portals (see data sources). These are the best numbers available, but they do not describe everything:

• Reported crime only. The statistics count incidents reported to and recorded by police. Many crimes are never reported. Statistics Canada’s victimization survey found that in 2019 only about 29% of victimizations were reported to police. Reporting rates differ by type of crime and can change over time.
• Metro areas are not cities. Most of our city figures are for the whole census metropolitan area (CMA), which includes suburbs and surrounding municipalities. A city proper, a police service’s area, a neighbourhood and a single street can all look very different from the metro average.
• Map locations are approximate. Police open-data maps deliberately offset incident locations to the nearest block, intersection or area to protect victims’ privacy. A dot on a map is not the exact address where something happened.
• Time lag. Statistics Canada publishes annual figures once a year, usually in July, for the previous calendar year. As of October 2026 the latest full year is 2025. Recent events will not yet appear in annual figures.
• Revisions. Publishers sometimes revise earlier figures. There may be a delay before our pages reflect a revision.
• Small places swing more. In smaller metro areas, a handful of serious incidents can move the numbers a lot from one year to the next.
• Indexes are summaries. The Crime Severity Index is a useful summary, but Statistics Canada itself warns it is not a universal indicator of safety. See our methodology page.

No guarantee of safety

A low crime figure does not mean a place is free of crime, and a high figure does not mean you will be harmed there. Your own safety depends on many things no statistic can capture. Nothing on this site is a promise, prediction or guarantee that any place, route or time is safe.

Any future “Safety Score” or rating we publish will be our own estimate, calculated from official data, and not an official statistic.

Not advice

Our content is general information, not legal, financial, insurance, real estate or security advice. Please speak to a qualified professional about your own situation, and check the original official sources before making important decisions.

No endorsement or affiliation

Canada Crime Map is independent. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any police service, government body or Statistics Canada, and we do not use police logos. Using a publisher’s data does not mean that publisher endorses this site or our conclusions.

Links to other websites are provided for convenience. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content. We may earn money from advertising or affiliate links; see our advertising disclosure.

Please use this information fairly

Crime statistics describe reported incidents in an area, not the people who live there. Please do not use anything on this site to:

• judge, label or stigmatise individuals, neighbours, households or communities;
• discriminate against anyone on the basis of where they live, their background or any personal characteristic, including in housing, employment or services;
• harass, accuse or target any person or group.

If you are worried about a specific person or situation, contact your local police service.

Errors

We check every figure against the official tables, but mistakes can happen. If you spot one, please email ggshop@safety-app.uk and we will look into it. See our editorial policy for how we handle corrections, and our terms of use for the full legal terms.