Photo: Scott Worsley · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in New Maryland sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, its Crime Severity Index averaged 63.2 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Across all the graded crimes, New Maryland 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.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Oromotco detachment area).
What stands out about safety in New Maryland
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in New Maryland stood at 74, by 2025 at 58.2. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and New Maryland stands 19th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Close to New Brunswick’s typical town
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 63.2 in New Maryland. 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 B− for New Maryland, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 16 km from New Maryland, 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: #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.
New Maryland’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, New Maryland 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.
In New Maryland, down 21% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (74); the low point came in 2024, at 57.3. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | New Maryland | 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 New Maryland, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
New Maryland is 19th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| 2 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | White City Saskatchewan | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 18 | Berthierville Quebec | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 19 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 20 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| 21 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| 22 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64.3 | 54 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Caraquet New Brunswick | 4,572 | 67.1 | 81.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 New Maryland in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 320 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest New Maryland (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.
Property crime adds about 670 a year and other violations 300 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around New Maryland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Lincoln | 8,093 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | — | — | — |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
4 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in New Maryland
Is New Maryland safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for New Maryland comes to 63.2. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in New Maryland?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (6.1) and theft under $5,000 (5).
Is crime going up in New Maryland?
Down 21%: 74 in 2023, 58.2 in 2025.
How much of New Maryland’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 29% of crime (54% of violent crime, 15% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers New Maryland 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).