Photo: Tourisme Nouveau-Brunswick · CC BY 2.0Atholville records more crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index climbed from 90.2 in 2023 to 98.2 by 2025. Split in two, the index gives 100 for violence and 85.4 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). A Safety Grade of C follows from crime the police covering Atholville reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #43 of 59 in New Brunswick. Violence and property crime split as 19.7 violent incidents and 33.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Campbellton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Atholville
Mischief: high for a town its size
Atholville records 10.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Less crime solved
Police cleared 17% of Atholville’s crime, weighted by seriousness (29% of violent crime, 12% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Atholville is 25th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than New Brunswick’s middle
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Atholville scores 89.1. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Atholville’s C
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 6 km from Atholville, not to the town.
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: #43 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,803 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Atholville’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Atholville runs highest on mischief (10.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and motor vehicle theft (4 per 1,000 against 2.6). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.3 | 0.7 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 42.3 | 3.4 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 0.6 | 16% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 50 | 4 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 80 | 6.1 | 20% |
| Mischief | 133.3 | 10.4 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Administration of justice violations | 34.7 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.3 | 1.6 | 17% |
| Drug violations | 19.3 | 1.5 | 21% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.9 | 50% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Atholville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (98.2); the lightest was 2024 (78.8). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Atholville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 78.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 90.2 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Atholville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 250 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Atholville (11,000 residents), 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 420 property crimes, plus 190 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Atholville places 25th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Quebec | 3,300 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 23 | Placentia Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,374 | 79.6 | 65.6 | C |
| 24 | Sables-Spanish Rivers Ontario | 3,412 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| 25 | Atholville New Brunswick | 3,346 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| 26 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,361 | 89.9 | 103.7 | C |
| 27 | Bonavista Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,293 | 92.8 | 63.2 | C |
| 28 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,401 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Atholville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Atholville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atholville | 3,346 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Listuguj | 1,646 | 343.9 | 580 | D− |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Atholville. Just 11.6 km away, Pointe-à-la-Croix comes to 47.7, against 89.1. Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Atholville
Is Atholville safe?
Statistics Canada puts Atholville at 89.1 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 19.7 and property crimes at 33 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Atholville?
Most often it is mischief: 10.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 8.3 and assault at 7.
Is crime going up in Atholville?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 9%, to 98.2 from 90.2.
How much of Atholville’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 29% of violent crime and 12% of everything else, 17% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Atholville and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).