Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Saint-André records more crime than 77% of Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 96.8 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. It grades C− for safety on crime the police covering Saint-André reported from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 26.3 violent incidents and 30.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 28% (the typical Canadian town of 2,500+: 34%).
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 Saint Leonard detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-André
Heavier than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Saint-André stood at 78.1, by 2025 at 122.4. Over the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Saint-André records 9.8 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 ↓
Over the New Brunswick norm
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Saint-André, 96.8. 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 Saint-André
How sure: Less sure, as Saint-André has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 15 km away.
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.
Saint-André’s index rose 57% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 122.4 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 78.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-André | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 90 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 78.1 | 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 Saint-André, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What police record in Saint-André, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-André runs highest on mischief (9.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (11.6 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (4.2 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 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.7 | 73% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 52.3 | 4.2 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.3 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30.3 | 2.4 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 60.3 | 4.7 | 13% |
| Mischief | 123.7 | 9.8 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.6 | 52% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.3 | 4.8 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33 | 2.7 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 12.7 | 1 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 55 | 4.5 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
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.
About 330 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Saint-André (11,500 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 380 property crimes, plus 250 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 Saint-André
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André | 1,987 | 96.8 | 127.6 | C− |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | 5,465 | 65.6 | 72.4 | B− |
| Drummond | 2,113 | 96.8 | 127.6 | C− |
| Saint-Léonard | 1,384 | 96.8 | 127.6 | C− |
| Grand Falls | 1,114 | 163.7 | 160.4 | D |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Saint-André. The nearest of them, Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (6.1 km away), scores 65.6 against 96.8. 2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- 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. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Saint-André
Is Saint-André safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Saint-André comes to 96.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 26.3 violent incidents and 30.6 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-André?
Assault is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (10.6) and mischief (9.8).
Is crime going up in Saint-André?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 57%, to 122.4 from 78.1.
How much of Saint-André’s crime do police solve?
About 28% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 45% of violent and 18% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-André and everywhere else it polices.
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).