Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardwicke has more crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
The grade is D, built on crime the police covering Hardwicke reported from 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 183 for violence and 102.6 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Police counts work out at 32.5 violent incidents and 43.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 114.7 in 2023 to 104.4 by 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Neguac detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Hardwicke
Mischief: high for a town its size
Hardwicke records 19.3 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 ↓
Higher than most of New Brunswick
Hardwicke’s index of 124.8 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. 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.
Hardwicke: D for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 24 km from Hardwicke, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
Crime in Hardwicke, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Hardwicke runs highest on mischief (19.3 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (7.2 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (16.8 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.8 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.7 | 53% |
| Breaking and entering | 61 | 7.2 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.7 | 1.1 | 21% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 27 | 3.1 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 53 | 6.2 | 6% |
| Mischief | 162 | 19.3 | 4% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 53.3 | 6.3 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 26.3 | 3.1 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 11.3 | 1.4 | 27% |
| Impaired driving | 26.7 | 3.1 | 33% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
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.
About 270 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Hardwicke (8,160 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 360 property crimes and 170 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Hardwicke, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 155.2; 2025 was the lightest, at 104.4. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hardwicke | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 155.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 114.7 | 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 Hardwicke, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Hardwicke
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwicke | 2,286 | 124.8 | 183 | D |
| Glenelg (22 km) | 1,635 | 44.5 | 56.2 | A− |
| Neguac (26 km) | 1,733 | 124.8 | 183 | D |
| Alnwick (26 km) | 3,767 | 124.8 | 183 | D |
The comparison skips 2 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 22–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Hardwicke.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Hardwicke
Is Hardwicke safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Hardwicke comes to 124.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 32.5 violent incidents and 43.1 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Hardwicke?
Mischief is the most common, at 19.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (16.8) and other Criminal Code offences (12.9).
Is crime going up in Hardwicke?
No: the index fell 9%, from 114.7 in 2023 to 104.4 in 2025.
How much of Hardwicke’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 29% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 48% of violent and 15% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Hardwicke 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).