Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Dalhousie records more crime than 73% of Canadian towns
Its police logs show 19.7 violent incidents and 33.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. Violence accounts for an index of 100 and other offences for 85.4, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Dalhousie reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #43 of 59 in New Brunswick. Add to that, the index rose from 90.2 in 2023 to 98.2 in 2025.
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. Shared with the rest of the Campbellton detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
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 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Less crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Dalhousie’s police clear 17%, 29% of violent crime and 12% of the rest. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Dalhousie places 28th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
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.
What’s behind Dalhousie’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 23 km off, which covers its own area rather than Dalhousie.
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: #43 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,803 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 Dalhousie, by type
Against the typical town its size, Dalhousie runs highest on mischief (10.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and motor vehicle theft (4 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Dalhousie places 28th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 20 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Quebec | 3,300 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 26 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 3,256 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 27 | Pincher Creek No. 9 Alberta | 3,176 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| 28 | Dalhousie New Brunswick | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| 29 | Bonavista Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,293 | 92.8 | 63.2 | C |
| 30 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 3,273 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 31 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 103.6 | 169 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Rankin Inlet Nunavut | 3,336 | 538.5 | 858.4 | 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 Dalhousie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Dalhousie, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (98.2); 2024 was the low point, at 78.8. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Dalhousie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 78.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 90.2 | 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 Dalhousie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 250 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Dalhousie (11,000 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.
Add about 420 property crimes and 190 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Dalhousie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Nouvelle | 1,819 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
4 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
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “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?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Dalhousie scores 89.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 19.7 violent and 33 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Dalhousie?
Top of the list is mischief (10.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 8.3, and assault, at 7, follow.
Is crime going up in Dalhousie?
Up 9%: 90.2 in 2023, 98.2 in 2025.
How much of Dalhousie’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 17% of crime (29% of violent crime, 12% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Dalhousie 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).