Photo: Scott Davis · CC BY 2.5Per resident, Florenceville-Bristol records more crime than 82% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 122.4 and other offences to 104.7, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Florenceville-Bristol reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 19.6 violent incidents and 39.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2.
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 Western Valley Region detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Florenceville-Bristol
Mischief: high for a town its size
Florenceville-Bristol records 12.3 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Florenceville-Bristol moved from 136 to 100.1, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Florenceville-Bristol, 109.1. Towns its size ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 23% of Florenceville-Bristol’s crime, weighted by seriousness (46% of violent crime, 13% 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.
Florenceville-Bristol: C− for safety, and why
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.
Year by year in Florenceville-Bristol: down 26%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 136 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 91.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Florenceville-Bristol | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 91.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 136 | 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 Florenceville-Bristol, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Florenceville-Bristol’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Florenceville-Bristol runs highest on mischief (12.3 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5.9 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (3.8 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 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 10 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10 | 0.4 | 27% |
| Breaking and entering | 132.7 | 5.9 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 58.7 | 2.6 | 26% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 86 | 3.8 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15 | 0.7 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 126 | 5.6 | 8% |
| Mischief | 277 | 12.3 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.7 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 100.3 | 4.4 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 41.7 | 1.9 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 17 | 0.8 | 41% |
| Impaired driving | 48.7 | 2.2 | 41% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
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.
About 440 violent incidents a year across the police area of 23,100 residents that includes Florenceville-Bristol, 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 880 property crimes and 420 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 Florenceville-Bristol
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Florenceville-Bristol is one part.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Florenceville-Bristol
Is Florenceville-Bristol safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Florenceville-Bristol’s Crime Severity Index stands at 109.1 for 2023–2025. Its police record 19.6 violent incidents and 39 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Florenceville-Bristol?
Mischief is the most common, at 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (11.3) and assault (8.5).
Is crime going up in Florenceville-Bristol?
The reverse: 136 in 2023 came down to 100.1 by 2025, 26% lower.
How much of Florenceville-Bristol’s crime do police solve?
23%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 46% and non-violent crime at 13%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Florenceville-Bristol 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).