Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Per resident, Sackville records more crime than 72% of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 86.9 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. What’s more, among its 4 neighbours with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. On the record of crime the police covering Sackville reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C for safety: #38 of 59 in New Brunswick. Behind the grade sit 17.7 violent incidents and 34.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Sackville
More severe than in 2023
Sackville’s index went from 60.6 in 2023 to 75.3 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Sackville records 9.3 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Sackville comes 33rd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Much like New Brunswick’s towns
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Sackville, 86.9. 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.
Sackville: C for safety, and why
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: #38 of 59 in New Brunswick and #1,785 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.
Year by year in Sackville: up 24%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (124.7) and 2023 the trough (60.6). In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Sackville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 124.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.6 | 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 Sackville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Sackville places 33rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Douglas New Brunswick | 6,840 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Pictou County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,575 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| 31 | Pictou County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 6,482 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| 32 | Rhineland Manitoba | 6,819 | 85.4 | 94.1 | C |
| 33 | Sackville New Brunswick | 6,572 | 86.9 | 110.4 | C |
| 34 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 35 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,719 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 36 | Port-Cartier Quebec | 6,436 | 103.9 | 209.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Woodstock New Brunswick | 6,260 | 153.7 | 132.1 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 352.9 | 639.7 | 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 Sackville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Which crimes make up Sackville’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Sackville runs highest on mischief (9.3 per 1,000 against 4.9), fraud (7.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.7). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 2.4 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.3 | 1.6 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15 | 2.3 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 64 | 9.8 | 13% |
| Mischief | 60.7 | 9.3 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19.3 | 3 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.7 | 1.8 | 23% |
| Drug violations | 7.7 | 1.2 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 17.3 | 2.7 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Around 120 violent incidents a year on Sackville’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 220 a year and other violations 100 (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 Sackville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sackville | 6,572 | 86.9 | 110.4 | C |
| Sackville | 1,286 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Dorchester | 1,130 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Amherst | 10,072 | 149.6 | 131.2 | D |
| Memramcook | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
Sackville sits above 3 of the 4 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Sackville, 8.1 km away, at 58.4 to 86.9 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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 Sackville
Is Sackville safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Sackville scores 86.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 17.7 violent and 34 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Sackville?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9.6) and mischief (9.3).
Is crime going up in Sackville?
It has: 60.6 in 2023 became 75.3 by 2025, a rise of 24%.
How much of Sackville’s crime do police solve?
25%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 42% and non-violent crime at 15%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Sackville 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).