Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Weldford has more crime per resident than 82% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 149.1 and its non-violent half to 95.9, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Out of every 1,000 residents, 24.4 violent incidents and 34.1 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Graded on crime the police covering Weldford reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety. What’s more, by 2025 the index had climbed to 124.3, up from 111.1 in 2023.
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 Richibucto detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Weldford
Mischief: high for a town its size
Weldford records 10.5 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 ↓
Heavier than New Brunswick’s middle
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Weldford scores 110.5. 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 sits behind Weldford’s C−
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 24 km from Weldford, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
Which crimes make up Weldford’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Weldford runs highest on mischief (10.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (4.4 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.4 | 45% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.7 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.4 | 20% |
| Breaking and entering | 62 | 4.4 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 29 | 2.1 | 31% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 65.7 | 4.7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 61.7 | 4.4 | 12% |
| Mischief | 146.3 | 10.5 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.4 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 61.7 | 4.4 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 34 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 17 | 1.2 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 49 | 3.5 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Weldford, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 124.3; the lightest was 2024, at 95.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Weldford | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 95.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 111.1 | 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 Weldford, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 340 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Weldford (14,200 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.
Add about 470 property crimes and 300 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 Weldford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldford | 1,510 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Richibucto 15 | 2,126 | — | — | — |
| Rexton | 1,059 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Saint-Charles | 2,189 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
| Richibucto | 1,745 | 110.5 | 149.1 | C− |
The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Weldford
Is Weldford safe?
With 24.4 violent incidents and 34.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Weldford comes to 110.5 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Weldford?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (13 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 10.5, and assault, at 10, follow.
Is crime going up in Weldford?
Yes: the index rose 12%, from 111.1 in 2023 to 124.3 in 2025.
How much of Weldford’s crime do police solve?
About 33% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 61% of violent and 15% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Weldford 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).