Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9674922@N04/ Lucia · CC0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Baie Verte than in 92% of Canadian towns
Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 27% (the typical Canadian town of 2,500+: 34%). Per 1,000 residents a year, 9.1 violent incidents and 9.9 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crime the police covering Baie Verte reported through 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 48.8 and other offences to 28.5, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Baie Verte detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Baie Verte
Lighter than Newfoundland and Labrador’s middle
Baie Verte’s index of 34.1 compares with 81 for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Baie Verte moved from 41.5 to 28.9, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
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 Baie Verte’s A
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.
Baie Verte’s index fell 30% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 41.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 28.9 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Baie Verte | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 31.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 41.5 | 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 Baie Verte, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Baie Verte is part of, 5,140 residents, recorded about 47 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 51 property crimes, plus 39 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Which crimes make up Baie Verte’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Baie Verte runs highest on mischief (5.3 per 1,000 against 4.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 3 | 0.6 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 5% |
| Mischief | 27.3 | 5.3 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9.7 | 1.9 | 44% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1 | 57% |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 11.3 | 2.2 | 35% |
| 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.
Crime in the places around Baie Verte
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie Verte | 1,386 | 34.1 | 48.8 | A |
| Springdale (51 km) | 2,893 | 49.9 | 56.6 | B+ |
| Twillingate (108 km) | 2,044 | 78 | 63.9 | C+ |
| Botwood (108 km) | 2,884 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| Lewisporte (113 km) | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H (114 km) | 1,798 | 78 | 63.9 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Baie Verte.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 51–114 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Baie Verte.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Baie Verte is one part.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Baie Verte
Is Baie Verte safe?
Baie Verte scores 34.1 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 9.1 violent incidents and 9.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Baie Verte?
Mischief is the most common, at 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (4.5) and assault (3.5).
Is crime going up in Baie Verte?
No: the index fell 30%, from 41.5 in 2023 to 28.9 in 2025.
How much of Baie Verte’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 27% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 56% of violent and 10% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Baie Verte 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).