Photo: Not specified · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Saint David than in 90% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Saint David reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 25.5 violent incidents and 60.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 115 and other offences to 156.3, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the St Stephen detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Saint David
Mischief: high for a town its size
Saint David records 21 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 143.6 in Saint David. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Saint David’s two halves part ways: 115 for violence (typical 86.4) and 156.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Less crime solved
Police cleared 23% of Saint David’s crime, weighted by seriousness (47% of violent crime, 16% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Saint David’s D for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 9 km from Saint David, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Saint David’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Saint David runs highest on mischief (21 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (11.7 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (12.7 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.5 | 34% |
| Breaking and entering | 127.7 | 11.7 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15 | 1.4 | 22% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 37.7 | 3.5 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 143.7 | 13.2 | 25% |
| Mischief | 227.7 | 21 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 12.7 | 1.2 | 45% |
| Administration of justice violations | 68.3 | 6.3 | 61% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 32.7 | 3 | 18% |
| Drug violations | 24.3 | 2.3 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 51 | 4.8 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 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.
The detachment closest to Saint David, 10,500 residents, recorded about 280 violent incidents a year, 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 650 property crimes, plus 380 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Saint David’s index fell 7% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (148.5); the low point came in 2025, at 138.3. 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 | Saint David | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 144 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 148.5 | 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 David, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Saint David
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint David | 1,559 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
| Saint Stephen | 1,772 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
| St. Stephen | 4,876 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
| Saint James | 1,085 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Saint David
Is Saint David safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint David scores 143.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 25.5 violent incidents and 60.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint David?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 23.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 21 and theft under $5,000 at 13.2.
Is crime going up in Saint David?
No: the index fell 7%, from 148.5 in 2023 to 138.3 in 2025.
How much of Saint David’s crime do police solve?
About 23% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 47% of violent and 16% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint David 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).