Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainKingsclear sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 63.2 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Out of every 1,000 residents, 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Across all the graded crimes, Kingsclear lands on B− (#13 of 59 in New Brunswick): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. None of the 3 towns next door 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 Oromotco detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Kingsclear
Lighter than in 2023
From 74 in 2023 to 58.2 in 2025: that is Kingsclear’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Kingsclear is 26th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Close to New Brunswick’s typical town
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Kingsclear scores 63.2. 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.
What’s behind Kingsclear’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 29 km off, which covers its own area rather than Kingsclear.
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: #13 of 59 in New Brunswick and #951 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.
What police record in Kingsclear, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kingsclear runs highest on mischief (6.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 63.3 | 2.2 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 49 | 1.7 | 24% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 58 | 2 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 31 | 1 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 146 | 5 | 9% |
| Mischief | 177.3 | 6.1 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 13.3 | 0.5 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 80 | 2.7 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33.7 | 1.1 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 12.7 | 0.4 | 34% |
| Impaired driving | 55 | 1.9 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Kingsclear’s index dropped 21%
Crime Severity Index
From 74 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 57.3 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kingsclear | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74 | 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 Kingsclear, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Kingsclear is 26th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Saint-Gabriel Quebec | 3,091 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 24 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire Quebec | 3,158 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 25 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 26 | Kingsclear New Brunswick | 3,158 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 27 | Percé Quebec | 3,137 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 28 | Cap-Pelé New Brunswick | 3,092 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 29 | Marathon Ontario | 3,223 | 74.7 | 120.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 3,073 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Kingsclear in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 320 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Kingsclear (30,400 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 670 property crimes and 300 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Kingsclear
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Queensbury | 1,421 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| Prince William | 1,233 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Bright | 3,648 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
Kingsclear has the lowest index of the places around it. Its police also cover 3 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
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. 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.
Questions about safety in Kingsclear
Is Kingsclear safe?
Kingsclear measures 63.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Kingsclear?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (6.1) and theft under $5,000 (5).
Is crime going up in Kingsclear?
Down 21%: 74 in 2023, 58.2 in 2025.
How much of Kingsclear’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 29%: 54% for violent crime and 15% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Kingsclear and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).