Photo: evoluc · CC BY-SA 2.0For recorded crime, Memramcook sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Overall, it grades B for safety (#11 of 59 in New Brunswick). Police counts work out at 10.8 violent incidents and 19.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Add to that, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 58.4 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Its 3 neighbours with figures all record more 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. Shared with the rest of the Sackville detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Memramcook
Down since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Memramcook moved from 84.1 to 64.2, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Much like New Brunswick’s towns
Memramcook’s index of 58.4 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Memramcook places 20th from the lowest index. 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.
The grade: B for Memramcook
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Memramcook itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 19 km away.
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: #11 of 59 in New Brunswick and #888 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 Memramcook, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Memramcook runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9) and drug offences (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.7). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.7 | 2 | 6% |
| Possession of stolen property | 17 | 1.5 | 28% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 26.3 | 2.4 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51 | 4.6 | 18% |
| Mischief | 53 | 4.7 | 4% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19 | 1.7 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Drug violations | 10 | 0.9 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 22.3 | 2 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Year by year in Memramcook: down 24%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 84.1, against a low of 26.9 in 2024. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Memramcook | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 26.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 84.1 | 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 Memramcook, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 120 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Memramcook (11,300 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.
And about 210 property crimes, plus 110 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Memramcook places 20th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 18 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha Quebec | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 19 | Lanoraie Quebec | 5,694 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 20 | Memramcook New Brunswick | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| 21 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 22 | Burton New Brunswick | 5,424 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 23 | Juan de Fuca (Part 1) British Columbia | 5,439 | 63.5 | 90.2 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault New Brunswick | 5,465 | 65.6 | 72.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Shediac New Brunswick | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 Memramcook in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Memramcook
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Dorchester | 1,130 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Sackville | 6,572 | 86.9 | 110.4 | C |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Memramcook. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
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. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in Memramcook
Is Memramcook safe?
Memramcook measures 58.4 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 19.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Memramcook?
Police record mischief most, 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (4.6) and other Criminal Code offences (4.5).
Is crime going up in Memramcook?
It went down 24% between 2023 and 2025, from 84.1 to 64.2.
How much of Memramcook’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 28% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 51% of violent crime and 15% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Memramcook together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).