Crime in Hamilton, Canada

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Crime rates in Hamilton, Canada

Level of crime	62.49	High
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	77.30	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	47.12	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	48.94	Moderate
Worries car stolen	46.74	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	55.76	Moderate
Worries attacked	51.33	Moderate
Worries being insulted	53.33	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	35.64	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	74.80	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	65.93	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	54.78	Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery	46.41	Moderate

Safety in Hamilton, Canada

Safety walking alone during daylight		63.34	High
Safety walking alone during night		32.26	Low

Contributors: 266

Last update: 28 December 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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Crime in Oakville	22.32 miles
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Crime in Cambridge	34.11 miles
Crime in St.Catharines	37.53 miles
Crime in Brampton	39.63 miles
Crime in Kitchener	41.05 miles
Crime in Toronto	44.87 miles
Crime in Waterloo	47.19 miles

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7 Comments so far

Logan on Oct 21, 2025:

Drugs and Homeless took over. Infrastructure is very poor like water mains, sewage, lighting, roads. This is a partial reason why land value is lower.

Anonymous on Aug 24, 2024:

I am a single international female living in the downtown of Hamilton it is super unsafe, and I am going to move to Burlington. I just came here to study.

Kevo on May 29, 2024:

This is probably skewed by "people using drugs" as "high" (no pun intended)... if we remove that though how much victimed crime is there?

Anon on Mar 09, 2024:

Live in downtown Hamilton, depending on where you are it can be super sketchy. We live near Barton, which is a horrendous cesspool of crime and poverty. Past Barton tho it’s not bad unless you’re near first Ontario centre

Anonymous on Dec 13, 2022:

Hamilton is very 2 sided, the "mountain" is basically the poverty line of the city. The Mountain is overall very safe, just avoid the North Mountain {Concession St. Neighbourhoods Between Upper Gage/Upper Wentworth} Downtown though, {Lower Mountain} can be very dangerous, Especially East Of James/John St, Where most of the crime is located. There is also some pockets of the city along King/Main St E. That are dodgy. Most of the crime is petty, like homeless people breaking into vehicles, looting them. But some is violent. Most of the violent crime takes place on Barton St E. {Robberies, Shootings, Prostitution, Etc.} Anyways, just watch your back when youre downtown lol. Thanks for reading.

Loyd on Jul 25, 2022:

I can help with anything I'm good at finding people and fighting them all I need is two titanium swords and a oni mask that's all text me in September the 10th should work I got biasness still

( LN)

James on Mar 14, 2021:

Crime is concentrated in the area East of James Street N. The further West you live in the city, the lower the crime rate. A lot of homeless and poor Whites in those areas.

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