Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Southesk than in 79% of Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 100.3 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, the Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Southesk reported through 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 25.1 violent incidents and 34.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Sunny Corner detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Southesk
Mischief: high for a town its size
Southesk records 16.3 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 ↓
Easing since 2023
From 125.9 in 2023 to 73.9 in 2025: that is Southesk’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Southesk scores 100.3. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
Police cleared 21% of Southesk’s crime, weighted by seriousness (33% of violent crime, 14% 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.
What’s behind Southesk’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 6 km off, which covers its own area rather than Southesk.
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Southesk’s index dropped 41%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 125.9; the lightest was 2025, at 73.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Southesk | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 101.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 125.9 | 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 Southesk, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Southesk’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Southesk runs highest on mischief (16.3 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (11.7 per 1,000 against 6.7) and motor vehicle theft (3.7 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.7 | 3.6 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.7 | 1.1 | 30% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.3 | 3.7 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 23 | 3.7 | 3% |
| Mischief | 101 | 16.3 | 4% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 1.1 | 47% |
| Administration of justice violations | 22.3 | 3.7 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.8 | 7% |
| Drug violations | 11.3 | 1.8 | 24% |
| Impaired driving | 23.7 | 3.9 | 37% |
| 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 people or more.
The detachment closest to Southesk, 6,840 residents, recorded about 160 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 220 property crimes, plus 100 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 Southesk
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southesk | 1,748 | 100.3 | 142.4 | C− |
| Northesk | 2,301 | 100.3 | 142.4 | C− |
| Nelson | 1,014 | 100.3 | 142.4 | C− |
| Blackville | 2,104 | 139.9 | 194.6 | D |
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Southesk
Is Southesk safe?
Southesk scores 100.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 25.1 violent incidents and 34.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Southesk?
Mischief is the most common, at 16.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (11.7) and other Criminal Code offences (8.5).
Is crime going up in Southesk?
Down 41%: 125.9 in 2023, 73.9 in 2025.
How much of Southesk’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 21% of crime (33% of violent crime, 14% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Southesk 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).