Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 3.0Oromocto has more crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
Police cleared 27% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, that puts it at D for safety, judged on crime the police covering Oromocto reported from 2023 to 2025: #57 of 59 in New Brunswick. For every 1,000 residents, 30.5 violent incidents and 55.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. All 6 towns next door with figures 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.
What stands out about safety in Oromocto
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Oromocto records 2.9 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 138.7 in Oromocto. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Oromocto stands 38th, the lowest first. 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 Oromocto’s D 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.
Its place: #57 of 59 in New Brunswick and #2,444 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.
Oromocto’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Oromocto runs highest on sexual assault (2.9 per 1,000 against 0.9), mischief (13.6 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.9 | 25% |
| Breaking and entering | 33 | 4.4 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21 | 2.7 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 44.3 | 5.7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 134.7 | 17.5 | 15% |
| Mischief | 102.3 | 13.6 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 0.8 | 33% |
| Administration of justice violations | 46 | 6.2 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 1.9 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 11.7 | 1.7 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 40 | 5.4 | 32% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
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.
By its index, Oromocto stands 38th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanley Manitoba | 9,929 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Shediac New Brunswick | 9,849 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Stony Mountain Manitoba | 9,180 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| 36 | Castlegar British Columbia | 9,465 | 107.5 | 94.1 | C− |
| 37 | Saint-Rémi Quebec | 9,557 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 38 | Oromocto New Brunswick | 9,451 | 138.7 | 183.5 | D |
| 39 | Grande Cache Alberta | 8,984 | 160.6 | 210.5 | D |
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Oromocto in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 230 violent incidents a year on Oromocto’s police records (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 420 a year and other violations 190 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Oromocto’s index fell 7% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 221.8, with 2025 the lightest at 93.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Oromocto | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 221.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 100.7 | 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 Oromocto, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Oromocto
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oromocto | 9,451 | 138.7 | 183.5 | D |
| Burton | 5,424 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Lincoln | 8,093 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Oromocto. Closest is Burton, 7 km away, at 63.2 to 138.7 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Oromocto
Is Oromocto safe?
Statistics Canada puts Oromocto at 138.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 30.5 and property crimes at 55.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Oromocto?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 17.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (16.9) and mischief (13.6).
Is crime going up in Oromocto?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 7%, to 93.5 from 100.7.
How much of Oromocto’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 27% of crime (43% of violent crime, 18% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Oromocto alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).