Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crime per resident in St. George runs higher than in 73% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 105.8 and other offences for 81.9, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Typical years here bring 17.7 violent incidents plus 31.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The grade is C, built on crime the police covering St. George reported from 2023 to 2025.
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 St George detachment area.
What stands out about safety in St. George
Mischief: high for a town its size
St. George records 10.1 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 ↓
Up since 2023
From 83.2 in 2023 to 99.9 in 2025: that is St. George’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
The typical New Brunswick town scores 72.8; St. George, 88.2. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
Police cleared 25% of St. George’s crime, weighted by seriousness (46% of violent crime, 13% 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 St. George’s C for safety
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.
In St. George, up 20% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 99.9, and 2024 lowest at 81.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | St. George | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 81.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 83.2 | 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 St. George, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
St. George’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, St. George runs highest on mischief (10.1 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5.5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (8.1 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 54.7 | 5.5 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.3 | 0.8 | 24% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21.3 | 2.1 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.9 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61 | 6.1 | 11% |
| Mischief | 100.3 | 10.1 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.6 | 37% |
| Administration of justice violations | 43 | 4.3 | 47% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22 | 2.2 | 21% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 0.7 | 10% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 3.6 | 29% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
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 police area St. George is part of, 10,100 residents, recorded about 180 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.
Add about 310 property crimes and 170 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around St. George
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George | 1,757 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| Saint George | 2,675 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| Pennfield | 2,309 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| Saint Andrews | 2,167 | 71.8 | 53.1 | C+ |
The comparison skips 2 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: St. George together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in St. George
Is St. George safe?
St. George’s Crime Severity Index is 88.2 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 17.7 violent incidents and 31.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in St. George?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 11.6, mischief at 10.1 and assault at 8.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in St. George?
Yes: the index rose 20%, from 83.2 in 2023 to 99.9 in 2025.
How much of St. George’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 25% of crime (46% of violent crime, 13% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers St. George 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).