Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFew Canadian towns record less crime per resident than Beresford
That puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Beresford reported from 2023 to 2025: #3 of 59 in New Brunswick. On top of that, each year brought 9.3 violent incidents and 9.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Violence accounts for an index of 35.4 and other offences for 21, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Measured across the BNPP Regional service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Beresford
Below New Brunswick’s typical town
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 2nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
From 29.3 in 2023 to 23.8 in 2025: that is Beresford’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Beresford ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 65% of violent crime and 34% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. 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.
Which crimes make up Beresford’s figures
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 is 2nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| 2 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 3 | Montague Ontario | 4,414 | 30.8 | 39.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Howick Ontario | 4,517 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 5 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,309 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Simonds New Brunswick | 4,263 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 20 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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).
Beresford’s index fell 19% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 29.3; the lightest was 2024, at 21.8. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 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.
And about 120 property crimes, plus 46 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 Beresford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Nigadoo | 1,102 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Beresford | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Bathurst | 13,331 | 108.4 | 151.1 | C− |
| Petit-Rocher | 2,019 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| Bathurst | 4,840 | — | — | — |
3 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A regional police service. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Beresford included.
Questions about safety in Beresford
Is Beresford safe?
Beresford’s Crime Severity Index is 25 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.3 violent incidents and 9.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Beresford?
The three biggest groups are assault at 3.9, theft under $5,000 at 2.7 and mischief at 2.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Beresford?
The reverse: 29.3 in 2023 came down to 23.8 by 2025, 19% lower.
How much of Beresford’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 47% of crime (65% of violent crime, 34% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Beresford together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).