Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Moncton runs higher than in 60% of Canadian towns
The yearly rates were 13.3 violent incidents and 30.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. On crime the police covering Moncton reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C+ for safety: #23 of 59 in New Brunswick. Police clear 25% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Shediac detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Moncton
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Moncton stands 33rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Moncton records 6.6 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Rising since 2023
In 2023 the index in Moncton stood at 66.4, by 2025 at 77.9. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Moncton’s index splits into violent crime, 74.8 here and 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 72.6 against 56. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Moncton: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 24 km from Moncton, 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.
Its place: #23 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,528 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Year by year in Moncton: up 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (77.9) and 2023 least (66.4). The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Moncton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 74 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 66.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Moncton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Moncton comes 33rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | St. Andrews Manitoba | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 31 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 32 | Kings County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 12,661 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 33 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 34 | Weyburn Saskatchewan | 11,871 | 75.6 | 64.9 | C+ |
| 35 | Elliot Lake Ontario | 12,317 | 86.6 | 123.3 | C |
| 36 | Wetaskiwin County No. 10 Alberta | 12,117 | 88.9 | 60 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Clearwater County Alberta | 11,856 | 188.3 | 342.3 | 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 Moncton in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
What police record in Moncton, by type
Against the typical town its size, Moncton runs highest on mischief (6.6 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.2) and motor vehicle theft (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 and sexual assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.3 | 0.2 | 48% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 17.7 | 0.6 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.3 | 37% |
| Breaking and entering | 104.7 | 3.6 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 53 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 106.3 | 3.6 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 16.3 | 0.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 265.7 | 9 | 20% |
| Mischief | 193.7 | 6.6 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.7 | 1.9 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 43.7 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 24 | 0.8 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 76 | 2.6 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6 | 0.2 | 5% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Around 390 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Moncton (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.
And about 910 property crimes, plus 370 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 Moncton
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Moncton.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Moncton
Is Moncton safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 72.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: that is where Moncton stands, with 13.3 violent and 30.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Moncton?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 6.9 and mischief at 6.6.
Is crime going up in Moncton?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 17%, to 77.9 from 66.4.
How much of Moncton’s crime do police solve?
About 25% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 16% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Moncton 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).