Dalhousie has more crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 100 and other offences for 85.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Dalhousie reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C. The yearly rates were 19.7 violent incidents and 33.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. By 2025 the index had climbed to 98.2, up from 90.2 in 2023.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Campbellton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Dalhousie
Mischief: high for a town its size
Dalhousie records 10.4 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 ↓
Below-typical clearance
Police cleared 17% of Dalhousie’s crime, weighted by seriousness (29% of violent crime, 12% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
Dalhousie’s index of 89.1 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. 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.
The grade: C for Dalhousie
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 12 km from Dalhousie, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Dalhousie’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Dalhousie runs highest on mischief (10.4 per 1,000 against 4.2) and fraud (6.1 per 1,000 against 5.1). 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 | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.3 | 0.7 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 42.3 | 3.4 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 0.6 | 16% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 50 | 4 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 80 | 6.1 | 20% |
| Mischief | 133.3 | 10.4 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Administration of justice violations | 34.7 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.3 | 1.6 | 17% |
| Drug violations | 19.3 | 1.5 | 21% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.9 | 50% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Dalhousie, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 98.2, with 2024 the lightest at 78.8. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Dalhousie | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 90.2 | 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 Dalhousie, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Dalhousie, 11,000 residents: around 250 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 420 property crimes, plus 190 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 Dalhousie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
5 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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 Dalhousie
Is Dalhousie safe?
Dalhousie’s Crime Severity Index is 89.1 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 19.7 violent incidents and 33 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Dalhousie?
Police record mischief most, 10.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (8.3) and assault (7).
Is crime going up in Dalhousie?
Yes: the index rose 9%, from 90.2 in 2023 to 98.2 in 2025.
How much of Dalhousie’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 17% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 29% of violent crime and 12% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Dalhousie 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).