Photo: Verne Equinox at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Coverdale has more crime per resident than 60% of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 72.8 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. On top of that, on crime the police covering Coverdale reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C+ for safety: #23 of 59 in New Brunswick. Per 1,000 residents a year, 13.3 violent incidents and 30.9 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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. Measured across the Shediac detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Coverdale
Heavier than in 2023
Coverdale’s index went from 66.4 in 2023 to 77.9 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Coverdale comes 23rd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
Police cleared 25% of Coverdale’s crime, weighted by seriousness (49% of violent crime, 16% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Coverdale’s two halves part ways: 74.8 for violence (typical 85.7) and 72.6 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.
Coverdale: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 34 km off, which covers its own area rather than Coverdale.
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Coverdale’s index climbed 17%
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (77.9) and 2023 least (66.4). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Coverdale | 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 Coverdale, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Coverdale’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Coverdale 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, Coverdale places 23rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Starlight Village New Brunswick | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 20 | Inverness Nova Scotia | 5,138 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| 21 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Quebec | 5,242 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 22 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Quebec | 5,054 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 23 | Coverdale New Brunswick | 5,167 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Hearst Ontario | 5,032 | 74.2 | 97.9 | C+ |
| 25 | Gibsons British Columbia | 5,090 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 26 | Central Frontenac Ontario | 5,348 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Sussex New Brunswick | 4,994 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Coverdale in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 390 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Coverdale (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.
And about 910 property crimes, plus 370 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Coverdale
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Riverview | 22,614 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Moncton | 102,378 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
Nearby, 3 of 6 places with their own figures have a lower index than Coverdale. Closest is Hillsborough, 10.7 km away, at 58.4 to 72.8 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Coverdale
Is Coverdale safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Coverdale scores 72.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 13.3 violent and 30.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Coverdale?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 9 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (6.9) and mischief (6.6).
Is crime going up in Coverdale?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 17%, to 77.9 from 66.4.
How much of Coverdale’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 49% of violent crime and 16% of everything else, 25% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Coverdale and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).