Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Bouctouche than in 79% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 100.1 and other offences to 103.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Police cleared 27% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Bouctouche reported put it at C− for safety: #48 of 59 in New Brunswick. Violence and property crime split as 20.2 violent incidents and 41.2 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.
What stands out about safety in Bouctouche
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Bouctouche records 5.7 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Bouctouche stands 31st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than New Brunswick’s middle
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 102 in Bouctouche. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Bouctouche’s two halves part ways: 100.1 for violence (typical 85.7) and 103.6 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Bouctouche: C− for safety, and why
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: #48 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,936 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.
Bouctouche’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Bouctouche runs highest on break and enter (5.7 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (10.1 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (3.4 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 | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15 | 5.7 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 2.2 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9 | 3.4 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 30.3 | 11.7 | 3% |
| Mischief | 26.3 | 10.1 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9 | 3.4 | 48% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 1.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Impaired driving | 7 | 2.7 | 24% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
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.
By its index, Bouctouche stands 31st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Sussex New Brunswick | 2,742 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 29 | Tumbler Ridge British Columbia | 2,663 | 87.3 | 86.4 | C |
| 30 | Saint George New Brunswick | 2,675 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| 31 | Bouctouche New Brunswick | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| 32 | Waskaganish Quebec | 2,726 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| 33 | Sundre Alberta | 2,683 | 115.4 | 138.1 | C− |
| 34 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 118.7 | 156 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Bouctouche in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 53 violent incidents a year reached Bouctouche’s police, 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 110 property crimes, plus 49 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Bouctouche’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 151.5, with 2023 the lightest at 74.3. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bouctouche | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 151.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74.3 | 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 Bouctouche, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Bouctouche
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Richibucto | 2,457 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
Nearby, 4 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Bouctouche. The nearest of them, Wellington (3.6 km away), scores 34.5 against 102.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 2,678 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Bouctouche
Is Bouctouche safe?
Bouctouche’s Crime Severity Index is 102 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 20.2 violent incidents and 41.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Bouctouche?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (11.7 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 10.2, and mischief, at 10.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Bouctouche?
It went up 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 74.3 to 80.1. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Bouctouche’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 27% of crime (52% of violent crime, 15% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Bouctouche’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).