Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Drummond than in 77% of Canadian towns
Among its 3 neighbours with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Still, on the record of crime the police covering Drummond reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C− for safety. A Crime Severity Index of 96.8, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Annual rates stand at 26.3 violent incidents and 30.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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 published for the Saint Leonard detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Drummond
Up since 2023
From 78.1 in 2023 to 122.4 in 2025: that is Drummond’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Drummond records 9.8 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 ↓
Higher than most of New Brunswick
Drummond’s index of 96.8 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.
Inside Drummond’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Drummond has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest 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.
Drummond’s index rose 57% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (122.4) and 2023 least (78.1). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Drummond | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 90 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 78.1 | 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 Drummond, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What police record in Drummond, by type
Against the typical town its size, Drummond runs highest on mischief (9.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (11.6 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (4.2 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.7 | 73% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 52.3 | 4.2 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.3 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30.3 | 2.4 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 60.3 | 4.7 | 13% |
| Mischief | 123.7 | 9.8 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.6 | 52% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.3 | 4.8 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33 | 2.7 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 12.7 | 1 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 55 | 4.5 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
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.
The detachment closest to Drummond, 11,500 residents, recorded about 330 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.
Add about 380 property crimes and 250 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 Drummond
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond | 2,113 | 96.8 | 127.6 | C− |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | 5,465 | 65.6 | 72.4 | B− |
| Denmark | 1,412 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
| Saint-André | 1,987 | 96.8 | 127.6 | C− |
| Grand Falls | 1,114 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Drummond. Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, 7.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 65.6 to 96.8. Same police, same number: one neighbour drops out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Drummond
Is Drummond safe?
Drummond measures 96.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 26.3 violent incidents and 30.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Drummond?
The three biggest groups are assault at 11.6, other Criminal Code offences at 10.6 and mischief at 9.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Drummond?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 57%, to 122.4 from 78.1.
How much of Drummond’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 28% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 45% of violent crime and 18% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Drummond 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).