Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.0Burgeo sees less crime per resident than almost any other Canadian town
Violence accounts for an index of 8.4 and other offences for 18.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. In a usual year, 3.1 violent incidents and 6.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2. What’s more, its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crime the police covering Burgeo reported over 2023 to 2025. Police cleared 29% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Burgeo detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Burgeo
Property and other crime weigh more
Burgeo scores 8.4 for violence and 18.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than most of Newfoundland and Labrador
Burgeo’s index of 15.5 compares with 81 for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador. 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 Burgeo’s grade
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.
1,660 residents, about 5 violent incidents a year: the police area Burgeo belongs to, 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 11 property crimes and 8 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Burgeo’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 17.4, with 2023 the lightest at 12. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Burgeo | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 17 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 12 | 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 Burgeo, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Burgeo, type by type
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Mischief | 6.3 | 3.7 | 0% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Impaired driving | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| 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 Burgeo
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgeo | 1,111 | 15.5 | 8.4 | A+ |
| St. George's (112 km) | 1,181 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision B (113 km) | 1,184 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Channel-Port aux Basques (115 km) | 3,379 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| Stephenville Crossing (117 km) | 1,731 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
Burgeo has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 112–117 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Burgeo.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. About 1,658 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Burgeo together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Burgeo
Is Burgeo safe?
Statistics Canada puts Burgeo at 15.5 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 3.1 and property crimes at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Burgeo?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 3.7 and assault at 1.8.
Is crime going up in Burgeo?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 45%, to 17.4 from 12. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Burgeo’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 29% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 51% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Burgeo 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).