Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 4.0Chipman sees more crime per resident than 84% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 197.5 and 83.1. That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Chipman reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, typical years here bring 16.8 violent incidents plus 36.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 published for the Chipman detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Chipman
Mischief: high for a town its size
Chipman records 11.5 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Chipman, 115.1. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Chipman scores 197.5 for violence and 83.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 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.
Chipman: 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Chipman, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Chipman runs highest on mischief (11.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (5.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (4.2 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 13.3 | 4.2 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 18 | 5.7 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 1.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 17.3 | 5.5 | 8% |
| Mischief | 36.3 | 11.5 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.7 | 4 | 31% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 2.3 | 27% |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3 | 0.9 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 people or more.
Around 53 violent incidents a year in the 3,220-resident police area around Chipman, 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 110 a year and other violations 40 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The index in Chipman, each year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 164.6, with 2025 the lightest at 89.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Chipman | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 164.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 90.7 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Chipman, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Chipman
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipman | 1,301 | 115.1 | 197.5 | C− |
| Minto (18 km) | 2,349 | 83.2 | 112.1 | C |
| Canning (28 km) | 1,151 | 83.2 | 112.1 | C |
| Havelock (43 km) | 1,105 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Chipman. Closest is Minto, 18.3 km away, at 83.2 to 115.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Chipman has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–43 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 3,215 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Chipman together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Chipman
Is Chipman safe?
Chipman measures 115.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 16.8 violent incidents and 36 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Chipman?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 11.5, other Criminal Code offences at 9.5 and assault at 7.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Chipman?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 90.7 to 89.9. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Chipman’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 31% of crime (48% of violent crime, 12% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Chipman 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).