Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crime per resident in Fredericton runs higher than in 75% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Fredericton reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #46 of 59 in New Brunswick. Violence and property crime split as 17.6 violent incidents and 42.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Of the two halves, violence comes to 101.9 and other offences to 89.2, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2.
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.
What stands out about safety in Fredericton
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Fredericton records 4.5 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Fredericton stands 34th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 92.3 in Fredericton. 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.
What sits behind Fredericton’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: #46 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,821 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
By its index, Fredericton stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Saint John New Brunswick | 79,371 | 81.5 | 114.2 | C |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Medicine Hat Alberta | 68,714 | 87.3 | 82.6 | C |
| 32 | North Bay Ontario | 62,062 | 87.5 | 124.1 | C |
| 33 | New Westminster British Columbia | 92,124 | 87.9 | 94.6 | C |
| 34 | Fredericton New Brunswick | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
| 35 | Cornwall Ontario | 54,346 | 104.5 | 126.4 | C− |
| 36 | Brandon Manitoba | 59,444 | 107.2 | 121.5 | C− |
| 37 | Sault Ste. Marie Ontario | 81,182 | 109.6 | 137 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Fredericton in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
What police record in Fredericton, by type
Against the typical town its size, Fredericton runs highest on break and enter (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.2), theft under $5,000 (21.7 per 1,000 against 11.5) and assault (9.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Drug offences sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 23 | 0.3 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 33.3 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 11.7 | 0.2 | 28% |
| Robbery | 21.3 | 0.3 | 42% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.09 | 53% |
| Other violent violations | 22.3 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Breaking and entering | 334 | 4.5 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 61.3 | 0.8 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 199 | 2.7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.7 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 1,603.7 | 21.7 | 12% |
| Mischief | 512.3 | 6.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 47 | 0.6 | 64% |
| Administration of justice violations | 692 | 9.4 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 99 | 1.3 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 53.7 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Impaired driving | 181.7 | 2.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 0.04 | — |
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 50,000 people or more.
Fredericton’s index fell 13% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (100.2); 2025 was the lightest, at 87. The typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fredericton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 89.6 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 100.2 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Fredericton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Fredericton recorded about 1,310 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.
Property crime adds about 3,160 a year and other violations 1,270 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Fredericton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | — | — | — |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Lincoln | 8,093 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
Fredericton has the highest index of the places around it. Just 7.6 km away, New Maryland comes to 63.2, against 92.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Fredericton
Is Fredericton safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Fredericton scores 92.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 17.6 violent and 42.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Fredericton?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 21.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (12.5) and assault (9.1).
Is crime going up in Fredericton?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 100.2 to 87.
How much of Fredericton’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (45% of violent crime, 27% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Fredericton 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).