Waterloo · Ontario

Waterloo crime map

Waterloo recorded 5,083 Criminal Code incidents per 100,000 people in 2025, 9% below the Canadian rate. The map shows how it compares with every town around it.

Data year 2025Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported incidentsFrançais

Crime rate, Waterloo

5,083per 100,000

−5.1% vs previous year

Canada

5,585per 100,000

Incidents

36,163

Crime rates in and around Waterloo, 2025

Police area	Rate per 100,000	Change	Incidents
Brantford	6,564	+14.1%	8,108
Waterloo Region policeCovers Wellesley, Woolwich, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Kitchener, Wilmot, Cambridge	5,083	−5.1%	36,163
Guelph	4,288	+2.8%	6,893
Brant	2,140	−5.6%	975
Wellington County OPPCovers Mapleton, Centre Wellington, Puslinch, Guelph/Eramosa	2,079	−0.4%	2,222
East Zorra-Tavistock	1,435	−8.9%	125
Blandford-Blenheim	1,224	−27.2%	101

Questions people ask

What is the crime rate in Waterloo?

Waterloo had 5,083 Criminal Code incidents (excluding traffic) per 100,000 people in 2025, 9% below the Canadian rate (5,585). The figure is for Waterloo Region police, which also polices nearby towns.

Which part of the Waterloo area has the most crime?

Of the 7 police areas on this map, Brantford had the highest rate in 2025 (6,564 per 100,000) and Blandford-Blenheim the lowest (1,224). Busy centres with many visitors have higher rates per resident.

Is there a map of crimes by street in Waterloo?

Statistics Canada publishes figures by police service, not by street. Some police services publish their own maps of recent incidents on their websites; this map compares Waterloo with the towns around it.

Waterloo crime statistics by offence →

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