Photo: Meantimeus · Public domainGrand Manan sees more crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Grand Manan reported put it at C− for safety: #55 of 59 in New Brunswick. Year on year, 31.0 violent incidents and 35.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 156 for violence and 104.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Police cleared 28% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
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 Grand Manan detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Grand Manan
Mischief: high for a town its size
Grand Manan records 13 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than New Brunswick’s middle
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Grand Manan, 118.7. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Grand Manan comes 35th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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 Grand Manan’s C− for safety
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: #55 of 59 in New Brunswick and #2,227 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Grand Manan, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Grand Manan runs highest on drug offences (2.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (13 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (5.5 per 1,000 against 2.8). 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 | 2.7 | 1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.7 | 5.5 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.3 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20.3 | 7.2 | 30% |
| Mischief | 36.7 | 13 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.3 | 5.5 | 57% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 3.2 | 26% |
| Drug violations | 7.7 | 2.7 | 13% |
| Impaired driving | 16.7 | 5.9 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
Grand Manan is 35th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Salisbury New Brunswick | 2,585 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Saint George New Brunswick | 2,675 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| 33 | Bouctouche New Brunswick | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| 34 | Sundre Alberta | 2,683 | 115.4 | 138.1 | C− |
| 35 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 118.7 | 156 | C− |
| 36 | Saint-Chrysostome Quebec | 2,641 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| 37 | Swan Valley West Manitoba | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| 38 | Meadow Lake No. 588 Saskatchewan | 2,712 | 243 | 329.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Grand Manan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 87 violent incidents a year in the 2,800-resident police area around Grand Manan, 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 99 a year and other violations 71 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Grand Manan’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 177.4, and its lowest 2024, at 85.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Grand Manan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 85.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 177.4 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Grand Manan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Grand Manan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Manan | 2,648 | 118.7 | 156 | C− |
| Saint George (42 km) | 2,675 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| Pennfield (43 km) | 2,309 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| Saint Andrews (47 km) | 2,167 | 71.8 | 53.1 | C+ |
| St. George (48 km) | 1,757 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
The places around Grand Manan all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Saint George (41.5 km away), scores 88.2 against 118.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Grand Manan with figures are 42–48 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 2,796 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Grand Manan’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Grand Manan
Is Grand Manan safe?
Statistics Canada puts Grand Manan at 118.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 31 and property crimes at 35.2 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Grand Manan?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 14.3, mischief at 13 and assault at 12.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Grand Manan?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 47%, to 93.2 from 177.4. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Grand Manan’s crime do police solve?
28%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 45% and non-violent crime at 17%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Grand Manan 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).