Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Campbellton sees more crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 160.7 and other offences for 95, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Year on year, 34.9 violent incidents and 42.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, the grade is C−, built on crime the police covering Campbellton reported from 2023 to 2025: #54 of 59 in New Brunswick. About 21% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Campbellton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Campbellton
Mischief: high for a town its size
Campbellton records 17.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Campbellton’s index went from 149.4 in 2023 to 87.7 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Campbellton scores 113.1. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Campbellton is 28th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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 sits behind Campbellton’s C−
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: #54 of 59 in New Brunswick and #2,217 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.
Campbellton’s index fell 41% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 149.4 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 87.7. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Campbellton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 102.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 149.4 | 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 Campbellton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Campbellton, by type
Against the typical town its size, Campbellton runs highest on mischief (17.9 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (2.1 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (13.8 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 4.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 12.3 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.8 | 51% |
| Breaking and entering | 36.3 | 3.7 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.7 | 2.9 | 2% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 105.3 | 10.3 | 22% |
| Mischief | 173.7 | 17.9 | 4% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.5 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47.3 | 4.5 | 49% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 25 | 2.5 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 21 | 2.1 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 32 | 3.2 | 56% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
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.
About 350 violent incidents a year across the police area of 12,500 residents that includes Campbellton, 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.
Add about 430 property crimes and 250 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
By its index, Campbellton stands 28th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Kentville Nova Scotia | 7,589 | 82.9 | 90.6 | C |
| 26 | Electoral Area A, Nanaimo British Columbia | 7,825 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| 27 | Parry Sound Ontario | 7,584 | 92.2 | 121.3 | C |
| 28 | Campbellton New Brunswick | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| 29 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 128.7 | 264.7 | D |
| 30 | Westlock County Alberta | 7,556 | 129.8 | 116.4 | D |
| 31 | Brazeau County Alberta | 7,685 | 130 | 92.3 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | 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 Campbellton in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Campbellton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Atholville | 3,346 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Listuguj | 1,646 | 343.9 | 580 | D− |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Campbellton. Closest is Pointe-à-la-Croix, 3.4 km away, at 47.7 to 113.1 here. Its police also cover 4 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 clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- An index, not a verdict. 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 with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Campbellton is one part.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Campbellton
Is Campbellton safe?
With 34.9 violent incidents and 42.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Campbellton comes to 113.1 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Campbellton?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 18.2, mischief at 17.9 and assault at 13.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Campbellton?
The reverse: 149.4 in 2023 came down to 87.7 by 2025, 41% lower.
How much of Campbellton’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 21% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 33% of violent and 14% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Campbellton 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).