Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSimonds sees less crime per resident than 88% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 35.6 and other offences to 38.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident. The Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crime the police covering Simonds reported through 2023 to 2025: #8 of 59 in New Brunswick. In a usual year, 7.8 violent incidents and 15.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2.
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. Shared with the rest of the Hampton detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Simonds
Lower than most of New Brunswick
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; Simonds, 37.7. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Simonds comes 4th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Less crime solved
Police cleared 22% of Simonds’s crime, weighted by seriousness (49% of violent crime, 12% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Simonds’s two halves part ways: 35.6 for violence (typical 85.7) and 38.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A for Simonds
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 21 km off, which covers its own area rather than Simonds.
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: #8 of 59 in New Brunswick and #249 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.
Simonds’s crime by kind
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 25 | 1.5 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.4 | 38% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14 | 0.9 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 44 | 2.7 | 15% |
| Mischief | 84.3 | 5.1 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 2.6 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 0.9 | 21% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.2 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
By its index, Simonds stands 4th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,309 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 3 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,209 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 4 | Simonds New Brunswick | 4,263 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 5 | Eganville Ontario | 4,326 | 38.6 | 53.5 | A |
| 6 | Deep River Ontario | 4,353 | 39.3 | 56 | A |
| 7 | Barry's Bay Ontario | 4,151 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Simonds in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 130 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Simonds (16,000 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.
Property crime adds about 250 a year and other violations 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Simonds’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 44.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 24.9 in 2024. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Simonds | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 24.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 44.2 | 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 Simonds, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Simonds
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simonds | 4,263 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| Rothesay | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| Saint Martins | 1,280 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| Quispamsis | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| Saint John | 79,371 | 81.5 | 114.2 | C |
| Hampton | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
Nearby, 2 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Simonds. Closest is Rothesay, 13.7 km away, at 20 to 37.7 here. 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
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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 Simonds
Is Simonds safe?
Statistics Canada puts Simonds at 37.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 7.8 and property crimes at 15.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Simonds?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (5.2 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 5.1, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Simonds?
Hardly at all, from 44.2 in 2023 to 44.1 in 2025.
How much of Simonds’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 22% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 49% of violent crime and 12% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Simonds 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).