Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime in Channel-Port aux Basques is close to typical for Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 59.7; it rose to 66.2 in 2025. A Crime Severity Index of 66.8, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Its Safety Grade, B− (#8 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador), rests on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of Canadian towns. Recorded violent incidents ran at 15.0 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 23.8, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Channel-Port aux Basques detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Channel-Port aux Basques
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Channel-Port aux Basques records 3 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Channel-Port aux Basques is 17th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 62.8 on Channel-Port aux Basques’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 68.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Near the Newfoundland and Labrador middle
Set among Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, whose median is 81, Channel-Port aux Basques scores 66.8. 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 Channel-Port aux Basques’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.
Its place: #8 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,144 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.
Which crimes make up Channel-Port aux Basques’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Channel-Port aux Basques runs highest on drug offences (3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and mischief (12.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter 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 | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.7 | 2.2 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25.3 | 3.6 | 26% |
| Mischief | 87.7 | 12.3 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 25.3 | 3.5 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.7 | 2.5 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 21.7 | 3 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 23.7 | 3.3 | 39% |
| 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 to 10,000 people.
Channel-Port aux Basques, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 74.4, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 59.7. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Channel-Port aux Basques | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 74.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 59.7 | 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 Channel-Port aux Basques, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Channel-Port aux Basques places 17th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| 15 | Richmond County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| 16 | Lewisporte Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| 17 | Channel-Port aux Basques Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,379 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| 18 | Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia | 3,442 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| 19 | Inverness County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,314 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| 20 | Sainte-Mélanie Quebec | 3,417 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Placentia Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,374 | 79.6 | 65.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Channel-Port aux Basques in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 110 violent incidents a year in the 7,030-resident police area around Channel-Port aux Basques, 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.
Property crime adds about 170 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Channel-Port aux Basques
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel-Port aux Basques | 3,379 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision A (26 km) | 1,625 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision B (75 km) | 1,184 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| St. George's (106 km) | 1,181 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision E (110 km) | 1,681 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Kippens (115 km) | 1,927 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
The places around Channel-Port aux Basques all score higher on the index. 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. Distances here run 26–115 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Channel-Port aux Basques.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Channel-Port aux Basques is one part.
Questions about safety in Channel-Port aux Basques
Is Channel-Port aux Basques safe?
Its police recorded 15 violent incidents and 23.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Channel-Port aux Basques a Crime Severity Index of 66.8. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Channel-Port aux Basques?
Mischief is the most common, at 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (9.8) and assault (6.3).
Is crime going up in Channel-Port aux Basques?
It has: 59.7 in 2023 became 66.2 by 2025, a rise of 11%.
How much of Channel-Port aux Basques’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 28% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 48% of violent and 20% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Channel-Port aux Basques 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).