Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Starlight Village records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 63.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. On top of that, the local count comes to 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. All told, Starlight Village grades B− for safety (#13 of 59 in New Brunswick): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police 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 published for the Oromotco detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Starlight Village
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in Starlight Village stood at 74, by 2025 at 58.2. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Starlight Village places 21st from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Near the New Brunswick middle
Starlight Village’s index of 63.2 compares with 72.8 for the typical town in New Brunswick. 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.
Inside Starlight Village’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Starlight Village has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 22 km away.
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.
Crime in Starlight Village, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Starlight Village 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.
In Starlight Village, down 21% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 74, and its lowest 2024, at 57.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Starlight Village | 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 Starlight Village, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Starlight Village places 21st
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Didsbury Alberta | 5,185 | 59.9 | 69.6 | B− |
| 19 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan British Columbia | 5,029 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 20 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan British Columbia | 4,969 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| 21 | Starlight Village New Brunswick | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 22 | Inverness Nova Scotia | 5,138 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| 23 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Quebec | 5,242 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 24 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Quebec | 5,054 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 25 | Coverdale New Brunswick | 5,167 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Sussex New Brunswick | 4,994 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Starlight Village in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 320 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Starlight Village (30,400 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 670 a year and other violations 300 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Starlight Village
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 92.3 | 101.9 | C |
| Lincoln | 8,093 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | — | — | — |
4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Starlight Village
Is Starlight Village safe?
Starlight Village’s Crime Severity Index is 63.2 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 10.8 violent incidents and 22.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Starlight Village?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (6.5 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 6.1, and theft under $5,000, at 5, follow.
Is crime going up in Starlight Village?
It went down 21% between 2023 and 2025, from 74 to 58.2.
How much of Starlight Village’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 police service or detachment that covers Starlight Village 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).