Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Hampton than in 88% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 7.8 violent incidents and 15.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 35.6 and other offences to 38.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Hampton reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #8 of 59 in New Brunswick. Among its 3 neighbours with figures, 2 record 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Hampton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Hampton
Under the New Brunswick norm
Hampton’s index of 37.7 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Hampton places 5th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 22% for Hampton (49% violent, 12% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Hampton scores 35.6 for violence and 38.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Hampton’s grade
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: #8 of 59 in New Brunswick and #249 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 Hampton, type by type
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 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 25 | 1.5 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.4 | 38% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14 | 0.9 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 44 | 2.7 | 15% |
| Mischief | 84.3 | 5.1 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 2.6 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 0.9 | 21% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.2 | 48% |
| 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.
Hampton comes 5th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Greater Madawaska Ontario | 3,234 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Coalhurst Alberta | 3,244 | 35.7 | 34 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 6 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 7 | North Algona Wilberforce Ontario | 3,290 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Atholville New Brunswick | 3,346 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| 27 | Dalhousie New Brunswick | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Hampton in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 130 violent incidents a year in the 16,000-resident police area around Hampton, 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 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Hampton, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (44.2); 2024 was the lightest, at 24.9. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hampton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 24.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 44.2 | 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 Hampton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Hampton
2 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Hampton. Just 12.1 km away, Quispamsis comes to 20, against 37.7. Same police, same number: 3 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “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 Hampton is one part.
Questions about safety in Hampton
Is Hampton safe?
Its police recorded 7.8 violent incidents and 15.3 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Hampton a Crime Severity Index of 37.7. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Hampton?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (5.1) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.4).
Is crime going up in Hampton?
Hardly at all, from 44.2 in 2023 to 44.1 in 2025.
How much of Hampton’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 22%: 49% for violent crime and 12% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Hampton 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).