Photo: Quincylvania · CC0Bishop's Falls records more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Recorded violent incidents ran at 16.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 40.2, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. The index rose from 80.8 in 2023 to 92.5 in 2025. Measured on crime the police covering Bishop's Falls reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #23 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Violence accounts for an index of 84.1 and other offences for 96, against usual levels of 85.7 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Grand Falls-Windsor detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Bishop's Falls
Mischief: high for a town its size
Bishop's Falls records 23.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Bishop's Falls is 33rd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Bishop's Falls scores 84.1 for violence and 96 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Below-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 24% for Bishop's Falls (53% violent, 14% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Bishop's Falls’s C for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 14 km from Bishop's Falls, not to the town.
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: #23 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,821 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 Bishop's Falls, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Bishop's Falls runs highest on mischief (23.8 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (3.6 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud 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 | 10 | 0.4 | 50% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 6 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.3 | 32% |
| Breaking and entering | 90.3 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.3 | 0.7 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 196 | 7.8 | 14% |
| Mischief | 597.3 | 23.8 | 3% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Administration of justice violations | 152 | 6.1 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 28.7 | 1.1 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 89.7 | 3.6 | 10% |
| Impaired driving | 108 | 4.3 | 29% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
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.
By its index, Bishop's Falls stands 33rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 3,073 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| 31 | Pincher Creek No. 9 Alberta | 3,176 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| 32 | Dalhousie New Brunswick | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| 33 | Bishop's Falls Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,162 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| 34 | Clear Hills Alberta | 3,110 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 35 | Minburn County No. 27 Alberta | 3,142 | 126.5 | 60.8 | D |
| 36 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Bishop's Falls in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Bishop's Falls, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 102.8, with 2023 the lightest at 80.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bishop's Falls | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 102.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 80.8 | 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 Bishop's Falls, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 410 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Bishop's Falls (25,100 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.
And about 1,010 property crimes, plus 590 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Bishop's Falls
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Falls | 3,162 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| Botwood | 2,884 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Bishop's Falls
Is Bishop's Falls safe?
Its police recorded 16.4 violent incidents and 40.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Bishop's Falls a Crime Severity Index of 92.1. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Bishop's Falls?
Police record mischief most, 23.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (13.8) and theft under $5,000 (7.8).
Is crime going up in Bishop's Falls?
It went up 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 80.8 to 92.5.
How much of Bishop's Falls’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 24% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 53% of violent and 14% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Bishop's Falls 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).