Photo: Rioux Photography Edmonton, AB · Public domainRecorded crime in Clarenville is close to typical for Canadian towns
Overall, Clarenville grades B− for safety (#4 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 63.5; it rose to 68.7 in 2025. Typical years here bring 11.4 violent incidents plus 24.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. About 23% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Clarenville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Clarenville
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Clarenville records 2.8 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 ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Clarenville scores 58.5 for violence and 67.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Clarenville places 18th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Newfoundland and Labrador
Clarenville’s index of 64.2 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.
Inside Clarenville’s B− for safety
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: #4 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,008 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 Clarenville, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Clarenville runs highest on drug offences (2.8 per 1,000 against 0.7) and mischief (13.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.3 | 26% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 34 | 1.9 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.3 | 0.8 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 76.7 | 4.2 | 22% |
| Mischief | 237.3 | 13.1 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 0.5 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 77.3 | 4.3 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 23.3 | 1.3 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 50.3 | 2.8 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 93 | 5.1 | 25% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
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.
Clarenville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (68.7) and 2024 least (60.4). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Clarenville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 60.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 63.5 | 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 Clarenville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Clarenville comes 18th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 16 | Wainfleet Ontario | 7,329 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 17 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois Quebec | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 18 | Clarenville Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,441 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| 19 | Kent British Columbia | 7,093 | 65.5 | 97.8 | B− |
| 20 | Portage la Prairie Manitoba | 7,359 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 21 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | 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 Clarenville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Clarenville is part of, 18,200 residents, recorded about 210 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.
Add about 440 property crimes and 360 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 Clarenville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarenville | 7,441 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K | 1,116 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L | 1,248 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision M | 1,878 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Clarenville’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Clarenville
Is Clarenville safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Clarenville’s Crime Severity Index stands at 64.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 11.4 violent incidents and 24.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Clarenville?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 13.1, other Criminal Code offences at 10.4 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Clarenville?
Yes: the index rose 8%, from 63.5 in 2023 to 68.7 in 2025.
How much of Clarenville’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 38% of violent crime and 18% of everything else, 23% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Clarenville 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).