Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Gordon runs higher than in 92% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 160.4 for violence and 166.4 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Its Safety Grade is D, on crime the police covering Gordon reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, recorded violent incidents ran at 28.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 55.3, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The index rose from 151.6 in 2023 to 174 in 2025.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Perth Andover detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Gordon
Mischief: high for a town its size
Gordon records 16.4 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 ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 163.7 in Gordon. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Gordon’s index splits into violent crime, 160.4 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 166.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Police clear less here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Gordon’s police clear 25%, 51% of violent crime and 15% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Gordon
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 26 km off, which covers its own area rather than Gordon.
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.
What police record in Gordon, by type
Against the typical town its size, Gordon runs highest on mischief (16.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (9.7 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (5.9 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 | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 67 | 9.7 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31 | 4.5 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 5.9 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 68.7 | 9.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 113.3 | 16.4 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.8 | 51% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 7.6 | 57% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20 | 2.9 | 22% |
| Drug violations | 13.7 | 2 | 31% |
| Impaired driving | 26.3 | 3.8 | 42% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Gordon, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (174); 2023 was the low point, at 151.6. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gordon | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 165.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 151.6 | 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 Gordon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 200 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Gordon (6,950 residents), 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 240 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 Gordon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | 1,576 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
| Plaster Rock | 1,062 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
| Denmark | 1,412 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Gordon
Is Gordon safe?
With 28.2 violent incidents and 55.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Gordon comes to 163.7 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Gordon?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (17.4 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 16.4, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 14.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Gordon?
Up 15%: 151.6 in 2023, 174 in 2025.
How much of Gordon’s crime do police solve?
About 25% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 51% of violent and 15% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Gordon 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).