Photo: Shamus7792003 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Dieppe runs higher than in 83% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 20.8 violent incidents and 49.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5. Police clear 23% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%. Add to that, its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Dieppe reported over 2023 to 2025: #51 of 59 in New Brunswick. Of the two halves, violence comes to 113.3 and other offences to 113.9, beside norms of 89.4 and 56.
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 published for the Codiac Regional service area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Dieppe
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Dieppe records 6.4 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Dieppe scores 113.1. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Dieppe is 33rd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Dieppe’s index splits into violent crime, 113.3 here and 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 113.9 against 56. By type ↓
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 Dieppe’s C−
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: #51 of 59 in New Brunswick and #2,208 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Dieppe, by type
Against the typical town its size, Dieppe runs highest on break and enter (6.4 per 1,000 against 2.2), drug offences (2.2 per 1,000 against 0.8) and mischief (9.8 per 1,000 against 3.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 53 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 75.3 | 0.5 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 31 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Robbery | 70 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 18 | 0.1 | 54% |
| Other violent violations | 43.7 | 0.3 | 29% |
| Breaking and entering | 979.3 | 6.4 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 201 | 1.3 | 43% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 513.3 | 3.3 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 77 | 0.5 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,211.7 | 21 | 10% |
| Mischief | 1,500 | 9.8 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 111 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Administration of justice violations | 906.7 | 5.9 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 305.7 | 2 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 341 | 2.2 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 481.3 | 3.1 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 14.3 | 0.09 | 12% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Dieppe is 33rd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | North Cowichan British Columbia | 34,525 | 99 | 124 | C− |
| 31 | Val-d'Or Quebec | 33,353 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| 32 | Moose Jaw Saskatchewan | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| 33 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| 34 | Parkland County Alberta | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| 35 | Langley British Columbia | 35,444 | 127.5 | 145 | D |
| 36 | Courtenay British Columbia | 32,869 | 131.2 | 129 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Dieppe in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
161,000 residents, about 3,200 violent incidents a year: the police area Dieppe belongs to, 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 7,620 property crimes and 3,580 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Dieppe’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 117, against a low of 106.1 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Dieppe | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 106.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 117 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Dieppe, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Dieppe
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Riverview | 22,614 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Moncton | 102,378 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Moncton | 12,238 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Dieppe. Coverdale, 12.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 72.8 to 113.1. 2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A regional police service. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Dieppe included.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Dieppe
Is Dieppe safe?
Dieppe scores 113.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 20.8 violent incidents and 49.7 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Dieppe?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 21 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 15.6 and assault at 10.7.
Is crime going up in Dieppe?
Barely: 117 in 2023, 116.1 in 2025.
How much of Dieppe’s crime do police solve?
About 23% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 41% of violent and 16% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Dieppe 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).