Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Cap-Pelé than in 60% of Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 72.8 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. That puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Cap-Pelé reported from 2023 to 2025: #23 of 59 in New Brunswick. Out of every 1,000 residents, 13.3 violent incidents and 30.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Shediac detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Cap-Pelé
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Cap-Pelé places 25th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Rising since 2023
In 2023 the index in Cap-Pelé stood at 66.4, by 2025 at 77.9. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Police clear less here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Cap-Pelé’s police clear 25%, 49% of violent crime and 16% of the rest. Questions ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Cap-Pelé’s index splits into violent crime, 74.8 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 72.6 against 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.
Cap-Pelé: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 20 km off, which covers its own area rather than Cap-Pelé.
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: #23 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,528 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.
Year by year in Cap-Pelé: up 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (77.9); the lightest was 2023 (66.4). 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 | Cap-Pelé | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 74 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 66.4 | 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 Cap-Pelé, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Cap-Pelé, by type
Against the typical town its size, Cap-Pelé runs highest on motor vehicle theft (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.6), mischief (6.6 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.8). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.3 | 0.2 | 48% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 17.7 | 0.6 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.3 | 37% |
| Breaking and entering | 104.7 | 3.6 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 53 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 106.3 | 3.6 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 16.3 | 0.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 265.7 | 9 | 20% |
| Mischief | 193.7 | 6.6 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.7 | 1.9 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 43.7 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 24 | 0.8 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 76 | 2.6 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6 | 0.2 | 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Cap-Pelé places 25th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Kingsclear New Brunswick | 3,158 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 23 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| 24 | Percé Quebec | 3,137 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 25 | Cap-Pelé New Brunswick | 3,092 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 26 | Lac-des-Écorces Quebec | 3,005 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| 27 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Quebec | 3,040 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 28 | Welcome Beach British Columbia | 3,130 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 29 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 3,073 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Cap-Pelé in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 390 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Cap-Pelé (30,400 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.
Property crime adds about 910 a year and other violations 370 (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 Cap-Pelé
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Pelé | 3,092 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est (5 km) | 8,138 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Shediac (20 km) | 9,849 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Shediac (23 km) | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Dundas (25 km) | 4,733 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Botsford (26 km) | 1,240 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Cap-Pelé with figures are 5–26 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Cap-Pelé
Is Cap-Pelé safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 72.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Cap-Pelé stands, with 13.3 violent and 30.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Cap-Pelé?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 9, other Criminal Code offences at 6.9 and mischief at 6.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Cap-Pelé?
It went up 17% between 2023 and 2025, from 66.4 to 77.9.
How much of Cap-Pelé’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 25%: 49% for violent crime and 16% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Cap-Pelé and everywhere else it polices.
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).