Recorded crime per resident is higher in Balmoral than in 73% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 100 and other offences to 85.4, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. The grade is C, built on crime the police covering Balmoral reported from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 19.7 violent incidents and 33.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, its Crime Severity Index climbed from 90.2 in 2023 to 98.2 by 2025.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Campbellton detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Balmoral
Mischief: high for a town its size
Balmoral records 10.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Police clear less here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 17% for Balmoral (29% violent, 12% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Balmoral, 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.
The grade: C for Balmoral
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 16 km off, which covers its own area rather than Balmoral.
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Balmoral, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Balmoral runs highest on mischief (10.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (4 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.4 per 1,000 against 2.5). 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 people or more.
Balmoral, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (98.2) and 2024 least (78.8). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Balmoral | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 90.2 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Balmoral, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 250 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Balmoral (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.
Crime in the places around Balmoral
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 5 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Balmoral
Is Balmoral safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 89.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Balmoral stands, with 19.7 violent and 33 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Balmoral?
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 Balmoral?
Up 9%: 90.2 in 2023, 98.2 in 2025.
How much of Balmoral’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 17%: 29% for violent crime and 12% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Balmoral 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).