Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Belledune has more crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 100 and other offences for 85.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 90.2 to 98.2. What’s more, on the record of crime the police covering Belledune reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C for safety. Out of every 1,000 residents, 19.7 violent incidents and 33.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Campbellton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Belledune
Mischief: high for a town its size
Belledune 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 ↓
A low clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Belledune’s police clear 17%, 29% of violent crime and 12% of the rest. Questions ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Belledune, 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’s behind Belledune’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 53 km off, which covers its own area rather than Belledune.
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.
What police record in Belledune, by type
Against the typical town its size, Belledune runs highest on mischief (10.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (4 per 1,000 against 2.4) and fraud (6.1 per 1,000 against 5.1). 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.
Belledune, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (98.2); 2024 was the low point, at 78.8. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Belledune | 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 Belledune, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 250 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Belledune (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 Belledune
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belledune | 1,379 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Petit-Rocher (23 km) | 2,019 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Beresford (23 km) | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Carleton-sur-Mer (24 km) | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Nigadoo (26 km) | 1,102 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Maria (29 km) | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Belledune. Closest is Petit-Rocher, 23.1 km away, at 25 to 89.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Belledune with figures are 23–29 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Belledune
Is Belledune safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Belledune’s Crime Severity Index stands at 89.1 for 2023–2025. Its police record 19.7 violent incidents and 33 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Belledune?
Top of the list is mischief (10.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 8.3, and assault, at 7, follow.
Is crime going up in Belledune?
Yes: the index rose 9%, from 90.2 in 2023 to 98.2 in 2025.
How much of Belledune’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 17% of crime (29% of violent crime, 12% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Belledune 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).