Photo: Red Castle · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Lamèque records more crime than 67% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 20.0 violent incidents and 23.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. On top of that, a Safety Grade of C follows from crime the police covering Lamèque reported over the years 2023 to 2025. A Crime Severity Index of 80.3, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its two neighbours with figures both 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Lameque detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lamèque
Mischief: high for a town its size
Lamèque records 9.4 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 ↓
Up since 2023
From 74.1 in 2023 to 95.5 in 2025: that is Lamèque’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Less crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Lamèque’s police clear 21%, 32% of violent crime and 15% of the rest. Questions ↓
Close to New Brunswick’s typical town
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Lamèque scores 80.3. 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.
Inside Lamèque’s C for safety
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 Lamèque, by type
Against the typical town its size, Lamèque runs highest on mischief (9.4 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 6 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.4 | 20% |
| Breaking and entering | 25.3 | 2.1 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.8 | 11% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16 | 1.3 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 43 | 3.6 | 12% |
| Mischief | 112.3 | 9.4 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 32.3 | 2.7 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 27.3 | 2.3 | 17% |
| Drug violations | 22.3 | 1.9 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 25 | 2.1 | 45% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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 people or more.
Lamèque’s index rose 29% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 95.5, with 2024 the lightest at 71.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lamèque | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 71.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 74.1 | 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 Lamèque, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 240 violent incidents a year in the 11,900-resident police area around Lamèque, 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.
And about 280 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Lamèque
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamèque | 1,392 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| Shippagan | 4,721 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| Shippagan | 3,073 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| Bas-Caraquet | 1,391 | 67.1 | 81.5 | B− |
| Caraquet | 1,263 | 67.1 | 81.5 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Lamèque. Bas-Caraquet, 15.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 67.1 to 80.3. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Lamèque is one part.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Lamèque
Is Lamèque safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 80.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Lamèque stands, with 20 violent and 23.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lamèque?
Police record mischief most, 9.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (7.1) and other Criminal Code offences (7).
Is crime going up in Lamèque?
Up 29%: 74.1 in 2023, 95.5 in 2025.
How much of Lamèque’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 21%: 32% for violent crime and 15% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Lamèque 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).