Photo: Martin Cathrae from Charlottetown, PE, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Denmark records more crime per resident than 92% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had climbed to 174, up from 151.6 in 2023. Of the two halves, violence comes to 160.4 and other offences to 166.4, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of D follows from crime the police covering Denmark reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 28.2 violent incidents and 55.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 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: one figure for all of the Perth Andover detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Denmark
Mischief: high for a town its size
Denmark records 16.4 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 ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Denmark, 163.7. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Denmark’s two halves part ways: 160.4 for violence (typical 86.4) and 166.4 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 25% of Denmark’s crime, weighted by seriousness (51% of violent crime, 15% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Denmark’s D
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Denmark itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 24 km away.
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.
Denmark’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Denmark runs highest on mischief (16.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (9.7 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (5.9 per 1,000 against 2.4). 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 | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 67 | 9.7 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31 | 4.5 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 5.9 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 68.7 | 9.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 113.3 | 16.4 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.8 | 51% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 7.6 | 57% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20 | 2.9 | 22% |
| Drug violations | 13.7 | 2 | 31% |
| Impaired driving | 26.3 | 3.8 | 42% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Denmark, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 174, with 2023 the lightest at 151.6. 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 | Denmark | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 165.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 151.6 | 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 Denmark, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 200 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Denmark (6,950 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 380 property crimes and 240 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 Denmark
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1,412 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
| Drummond | 2,113 | 96.8 | 127.6 | C− |
| Grand Falls | 1,114 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
| Gordon | 1,576 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | 5,465 | 65.6 | 72.4 | B− |
| Plaster Rock | 1,062 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
The places around Denmark all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Drummond (10 km away), scores 96.8 against 163.7. 3 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
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Denmark
Is Denmark safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Denmark comes to 163.7. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 28.2 violent incidents and 55.3 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Denmark?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 17.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 16.4 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 14.8.
Is crime going up in Denmark?
It went up 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 151.6 to 174.
How much of Denmark’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 51% of violent crime and 15% of everything else, 25% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Denmark 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).