Photo: Not specified · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Richibucto than in 82% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 149.1 for violence and 95.9 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). By 2025 the index had climbed to 124.3, up from 111.1 in 2023. It grades C− for safety on crime the police covering Richibucto reported from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 24.4 violent incidents and 34.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Richibucto detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Richibucto
Mischief: high for a town its size
Richibucto records 10.5 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 ↓
Heavier than New Brunswick’s middle
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 110.5 in Richibucto. 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: C− for Richibucto
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.
Crime in Richibucto, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Richibucto runs highest on mischief (10.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (4.4 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.4 | 45% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.7 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.4 | 20% |
| Breaking and entering | 62 | 4.4 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 29 | 2.1 | 31% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 65.7 | 4.7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 4.4 | 12% |
| Mischief | 146.3 | 10.5 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.4 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 61.7 | 4.4 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 34 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 17 | 1.2 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 49 | 3.5 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Richibucto, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 124.3, and 2024 lowest at 95.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Richibucto | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 95.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 111.1 | 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 Richibucto, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 340 violent incidents a year in the 14,200-resident police area around Richibucto, 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.
Add about 470 property crimes and 300 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Richibucto
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richibucto | 2,457 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Rexton | 1,059 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Richibucto | 1,745 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Saint-Charles | 2,189 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Richibucto 15 | 2,126 | — | — | — |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Richibucto. Closest is Wellington, 14.7 km away, at 34.5 to 110.5 here. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Richibucto’s are shared with its surroundings.
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Richibucto
Is Richibucto safe?
Its police recorded 24.4 violent incidents and 34.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Richibucto a Crime Severity Index of 110.5. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Richibucto?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 13, mischief at 10.5 and assault at 10, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Richibucto?
Up 12%: 111.1 in 2023, 124.3 in 2025.
How much of Richibucto’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (61% of violent crime, 15% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Richibucto 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).