Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Hampton than in 62% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 74.9 for violence and 75 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). That puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Hampton reported from 2023 to 2025: #31 of 59 in New Brunswick. What’s more, each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. For every 1,000 residents, 14.9 violent incidents and 26.0 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2.
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 Hampton
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Hampton stands 30th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 20% of crime in Hampton ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 27% of violent crime and 18% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Hampton records 8 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 74.9 on Hampton’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 75 against 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.
The C+ for Hampton, and how it is built
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: #31 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,555 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.
Which crimes make up Hampton’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Hampton runs highest on mischief (8 per 1,000 against 4.9), fraud (6.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.3 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 | 3.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 3.3 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11.7 | 2.5 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20 | 4.3 | 22% |
| Mischief | 37.7 | 8 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17.7 | 3.8 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1.1 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 21.3 | 4.5 | 47% |
| 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Hampton places 30th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Caraquet New Brunswick | 4,572 | 67.1 | 81.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Dundas New Brunswick | 4,733 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 28 | Sutton Quebec | 4,775 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 29 | Rivière-Rouge Quebec | 4,882 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| 30 | Hampton New Brunswick | 4,754 | 74.5 | 74.9 | C+ |
| 31 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 4,721 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| 32 | Barrhead Alberta | 4,768 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 33 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 4,692 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | St. Stephen New Brunswick | 4,876 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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).
About 70 violent incidents a year reached Hampton’s police, 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 120 property crimes and 88 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Hampton, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 120.1, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 44.7. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hampton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 120.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 44.7 | 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
The places around Hampton all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Hampton (4.3 km away), scores 37.7 against 74.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- 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.”
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 4,754 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Hampton
Is Hampton safe?
The short answer is an index of 74.5 for Hampton (2023–2025), built from 14.9 violent incidents and 26 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Hampton?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 10.4, mischief at 8 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 7.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Hampton?
It went up 31% between 2023 and 2025, from 44.7 to 58.7. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Hampton’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 20% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 27% of violent crime and 18% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Hampton alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).