Greenwich sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Violence accounts for an index of 54.7 and other offences for 61, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. In 2023 the index stood at 59.8; it rose to 65.7 in 2025. By contrast, its Safety Grade, B−, rests on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of Canadian towns. Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident.
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 published for the Grand Bay Westfield detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Greenwich
Mischief: high for a town its size
Greenwich records 8.2 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 ↓
Less crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Greenwich’s police clear 20%, 42% of violent crime and 13% of the rest. Questions ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Greenwich’s index splits into violent crime, 54.7 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 61 against 62.8. By type ↓
About the New Brunswick norm
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Greenwich, 58.8. 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.
Greenwich: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure, as Greenwich has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 19 km away.
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 Greenwich, by type
Against the typical town its size, Greenwich runs highest on mischief (8.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.10 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24.3 | 2.4 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.6 | 47% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20 | 2 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 49 | 4.9 | 22% |
| Mischief | 83.7 | 8.2 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 18.3 | 1.8 | 56% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.9 | 8% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 38 | 3.7 | 51% |
| 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.
Greenwich, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 65.7; the lightest was 2024, at 50.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Greenwich | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 50.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 59.8 | 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 Greenwich, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 120 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Greenwich (10,700 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.
Property crime adds about 250 a year and other violations 130 (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 Greenwich
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | 1,272 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| Westfield | 2,245 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| Kingston | 3,577 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| Quispamsis | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | 5,202 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| Rothesay | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Greenwich. Closest is Kingston, 10.7 km away, at 37.7 to 58.8 here. Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Greenwich
Is Greenwich safe?
Statistics Canada puts Greenwich at 58.8 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 11.5 and property crimes at 24.7 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Greenwich?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 8.2, Criminal Code traffic offences at 7.2 and fraud at 5.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Greenwich?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 10%, to 65.7 from 59.8.
How much of Greenwich’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 20% of crime (42% of violent crime, 13% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Greenwich 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).