Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Edmundston runs higher than in 71% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 22.2 violent incidents and 28.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. That puts it at C for safety, judged on crime the police covering Edmundston reported from 2023 to 2025: #37 of 59 in New Brunswick. Of the two halves, violence comes to 102.4 and other offences to 78.8, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. By 2025 the index had dropped to 77.2, down from 90.7 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.
What stands out about safety in Edmundston
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Edmundston records 2.6 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Edmundston is 33rd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
About the New Brunswick norm
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Edmundston scores 85. 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 C for Edmundston, and how it is built
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: #37 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,775 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.
Crime in Edmundston, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Edmundston runs highest on drug offences (2.6 per 1,000 against 0.8), fraud (8.9 per 1,000 against 5.1) and sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.7 | 0.5 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Breaking and entering | 33 | 1.8 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.7 | 0.9 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 31.3 | 1.7 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 174.7 | 9.5 | 28% |
| Mischief | 91 | 4.9 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 96.7 | 5.2 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 83.3 | 4.5 | 15% |
| Drug violations | 48 | 2.6 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 22.3 | 1.2 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5.7 | 0.3 | 30% |
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.
Edmundston is 33rd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 26.7 | 23.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Midland Ontario | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| 31 | Miramichi New Brunswick | 19,402 | 82.1 | 89.1 | C |
| 32 | Sylvan Lake Alberta | 17,897 | 82.3 | 83.4 | C |
| 33 | Edmundston New Brunswick | 18,174 | 85 | 102.4 | C |
| 34 | Stony Plain Alberta | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| 35 | Brooks Alberta | 17,537 | 91.9 | 120.8 | C |
| 36 | Swift Current Saskatchewan | 18,154 | 108.2 | 100.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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 Edmundston in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Edmundston, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 90.7, against a low of 77.2 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Edmundston | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 87.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 90.7 | 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 Edmundston, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Edmundston recorded about 410 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 520 property crimes, plus 300 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 Edmundston
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmundston | 18,174 | 85 | 102.4 | C |
| Saint-Jacques | 1,763 | 36.3 | 44.6 | A |
| Saint-Joseph | 1,641 | 36.3 | 44.6 | A |
Edmundston has the highest index of the places around it. Just 8.1 km away, Saint-Jacques comes to 36.3, against 85.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Edmundston
Is Edmundston safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Edmundston scores 85 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 22.2 violent and 28.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Edmundston?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 10.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (9.5) and fraud (8.9).
Is crime going up in Edmundston?
Down 15%: 90.7 in 2023, 77.2 in 2025.
How much of Edmundston’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 55% of violent crime and 29% of everything else, 38% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Edmundston and nowhere else.
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).