Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Beresford runs lower than in almost every Canadian town
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 35.4 and 21. The grade is A+, built on crime the police covering Beresford reported from 2023 to 2025: #3 of 59 in New Brunswick. Police counts work out at 9.3 violent incidents and 9.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2.
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 for the BNPP Regional service area.
What stands out about safety in Beresford
Lower than most of New Brunswick
Beresford’s index of 25 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Beresford places 1st from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Beresford stood at 29.3, by 2025 at 23.8. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 47% for Beresford (65% violent, 34% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A+ for Beresford
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: #3 of 59 in New Brunswick and #29 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.
Crime in Beresford, type by type
Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 13.7 | 1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.3 | 0.8 | 32% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.3 | 2.7 | 35% |
| Mischief | 29.3 | 2.4 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 22.7 | 1.9 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9.7 | 0.8 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Beresford comes 1st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Glencoe Ontario | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Douglas New Brunswick | 6,840 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Sackville New Brunswick | 6,572 | 86.9 | 110.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Woodstock New Brunswick | 6,260 | 153.7 | 132.1 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 352.9 | 639.7 | 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 Beresford in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Beresford, down 19% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 29.3, and 2024 the lightest at 21.8. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Beresford | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 21.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 29.3 | 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 Beresford, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 120 violent incidents a year across the police area of 15,000 residents that includes Beresford, 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.
Property crime adds about 120 a year and other violations 46 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Beresford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Nigadoo | 1,102 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Petit-Rocher | 2,019 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Beresford | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Bathurst | 4,840 | — | — | — |
| Bathurst | 13,331 | 108.4 | 151.1 | C− |
Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Shared policing. Beresford is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Beresford
Is Beresford safe?
The short answer is an index of 25 for Beresford (2023–2025), built from 9.3 violent incidents and 9.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Beresford?
Assault is the most common, at 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (2.7) and mischief (2.4).
Is crime going up in Beresford?
It went down 19% between 2023 and 2025, from 29.3 to 23.8.
How much of Beresford’s crime do police solve?
About 47% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 65% of violent and 34% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Beresford 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).