Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime in Saint Marys sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Saint Marys grades B− for safety overall (#13 of 59 in New Brunswick): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 63.2, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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 Oromotco detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Saint Marys
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint Marys moved from 74 to 58.2, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint Marys comes 21st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the New Brunswick norm
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Saint Marys, 63.2. 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.
What’s behind Saint Marys’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 25 km off, which covers its own area rather than Saint Marys.
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: #13 of 59 in New Brunswick and #951 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.
What police record in Saint Marys, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint Marys runs highest on mischief (6.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 63.3 | 2.2 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 49 | 1.7 | 24% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 58 | 2 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 31 | 1 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 146 | 5 | 9% |
| Mischief | 177.3 | 6.1 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 13.3 | 0.5 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 80 | 2.7 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33.7 | 1.1 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 12.7 | 0.4 | 34% |
| Impaired driving | 55 | 1.9 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint Marys’s index dropped 21%
Crime Severity Index
From 74 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 57.3 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint Marys | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74 | 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 Saint Marys, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint Marys is 21st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Lanoraie Quebec | 5,694 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 19 | Memramcook New Brunswick | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| 20 | Brokenhead Manitoba | 5,931 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 21 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 22 | Juan de Fuca (Part 1) British Columbia | 5,439 | 63.5 | 90.2 | B− |
| 23 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 65 | 107 | B− |
| 24 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault New Brunswick | 5,465 | 65.6 | 72.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Shediac New Brunswick | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 Saint Marys in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Saint Marys, 30,400 residents: around 320 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 670 property crimes, plus 300 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 Marys
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | — | — | — |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Douglas | 6,840 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Saint Marys
Is Saint Marys safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Saint Marys’s Crime Severity Index stands at 63.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint Marys?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 6.5, mischief at 6.1 and theft under $5,000 at 5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint Marys?
Down 21%: 74 in 2023, 58.2 in 2025.
How much of Saint Marys’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 29%: 54% for violent crime and 15% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint Marys 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).