Photo: Brad4826 · CC BY 3.0Westfield is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Of the two halves, violence comes to 54.7 and other offences to 61, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Its letter overall is B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Still, by 2025 the index had climbed to 65.7, up from 59.8 in 2023. Per 1,000 residents a year, 11.5 violent incidents and 24.7 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Grand Bay Westfield detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Westfield
Mischief: high for a town its size
Westfield records 8.2 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 ↓
Police clear less here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Westfield’s police clear 20%, 42% of violent crime and 13% of the rest. Questions ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Westfield’s index splits into violent crime, 54.7 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 61 against 62.8. By type ↓
Close to New Brunswick’s typical town
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Westfield scores 58.8. 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’s behind Westfield’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 7 km off, which covers its own area rather than Westfield.
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.
What police record in Westfield, by type
Against the typical town its size, Westfield runs highest on mischief (8.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.10 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24.3 | 2.4 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.6 | 47% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20 | 2 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 49 | 4.9 | 22% |
| Mischief | 83.7 | 8.2 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 18.3 | 1.8 | 56% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.9 | 8% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 38 | 3.7 | 51% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 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.
Westfield, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (65.7); the lightest was 2024 (50.9). 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 | Westfield | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 50.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 59.8 | 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 Westfield, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 120 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Westfield (10,700 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 250 property crimes and 130 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 Westfield
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | 2,245 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | 5,202 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| Greenwich | 1,272 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| Saint John | 79,371 | 81.5 | 114.2 | C |
| Rothesay | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| Kingston | 3,577 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| Quispamsis | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Westfield. The nearest of them, Rothesay (16.1 km away), scores 20 against 58.8. 2 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Westfield
Is Westfield safe?
Westfield measures 58.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11.5 violent incidents and 24.7 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Westfield?
Police record mischief most, 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (7.2) and fraud (5.6).
Is crime going up in Westfield?
It has: 59.8 in 2023 became 65.7 by 2025, a rise of 10%.
How much of Westfield’s crime do police solve?
About 20% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 42% of violent and 13% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Westfield together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).