Photo: Phil284 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Cocagne records less crime than nine in ten Canadian towns
The grade is A, built on crime the police covering Cocagne reported from 2023 to 2025: #5 of 59 in New Brunswick. Of the two halves, violence comes to 31.3 and other offences to 36.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Recorded violent incidents ran at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 16.6, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Bouctouche detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Cocagne
Lighter than New Brunswick’s middle
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 34.5 in Cocagne. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Cocagne stands 3rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Cocagne’s police clear 19%, 49% of violent crime and 8% of the rest. Questions ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Cocagne’s index splits into violent crime, 31.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 36.1 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.
Cocagne: A for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 14 km from Cocagne, not to the town.
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: #5 of 59 in New Brunswick and #174 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.
What police record in Cocagne, by type
Assault 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 | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20.7 | 1.7 | 6% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.7 | 0.8 | 13% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 1.7 | 1% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34 | 2.9 | 4% |
| Mischief | 66.3 | 5.6 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9.3 | 0.8 | 46% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.5 | 23% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8 | 0.7 | 34% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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, Cocagne places 3rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| 2 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| 3 | Cocagne New Brunswick | 2,982 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 3,073 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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 Cocagne in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Cocagne, 12,000 residents, recorded about 87 violent incidents a year, 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 200 property crimes, plus 48 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Year by year in Cocagne: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (41.6); the low point came in 2024, at 21.4. 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 | Cocagne | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 21.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.6 | 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 Cocagne, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Cocagne
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Dundas | 4,733 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| Shediac | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
Cocagne has the lowest index of the places around it. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Cocagne
Is Cocagne safe?
The short answer is an index of 34.5 for Cocagne (2023–2025), built from 7.3 violent incidents and 16.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Cocagne?
Top of the list is mischief (5.6 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.4, and assault, at 3, follow.
Is crime going up in Cocagne?
Barely: 41.6 in 2023, 40.5 in 2025.
How much of Cocagne’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 19% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 49% of violent crime and 8% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Cocagne 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).