Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0Conception Bay South has more crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Steady over the three years, the index read 82.5 in 2023 and 79.2 in 2025. Its Safety Grade is C, on crime the police covering Conception Bay South reported from 2023 to 2025: #14 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Recorded violent incidents ran at 17.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 34.9, against 12.0 and 30.5 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the St. John's service area.
What stands out about safety in Conception Bay South
Mischief: high for a town its size
Conception Bay South records 9.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Conception Bay South stands 35th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Much like Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 81 in Conception Bay South. 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 Conception Bay South’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: #14 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,643 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Conception Bay South, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Conception Bay South runs highest on mischief (9.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (3.2 per 1,000 against 2.2) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 4.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 144.7 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 28.7 | 0.1 | 30% |
| Robbery | 139.7 | 0.6 | 58% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 21.7 | 0.09 | 65% |
| Other violent violations | 37.3 | 0.2 | 21% |
| Breaking and entering | 724.7 | 3.2 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.3 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 320.7 | 1.4 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 152.3 | 0.7 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,457.3 | 15 | 15% |
| Mischief | 2,163.3 | 9.4 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 123 | 0.5 | 34% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,010.7 | 8.7 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 203 | 0.9 | 23% |
| Drug violations | 112 | 0.5 | 24% |
| Impaired driving | 458.7 | 2 | 56% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 80 | 0.3 | 45% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Conception Bay South is 35th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tecumseh Ontario | 25,554 | 28.9 | 26.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Elmira Ontario | 31,382 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 33 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| 34 | Amherstburg Ontario | 27,509 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| 35 | Conception Bay South Newfoundland and Labrador | 29,725 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 36 | Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador | 26,155 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 37 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 Alberta | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 38 | Val-d'Or Quebec | 33,353 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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 Conception Bay South in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 4,110 violent incidents a year in the 234,500-resident police area around Conception Bay South, 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 8,030 property crimes and 3,470 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Conception Bay South, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 82.5, and 2025 the lightest at 79.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Conception Bay South | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 82.5 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Conception Bay South, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Conception Bay South
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Paradise | 26,155 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | 1,180 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| Holyrood | 2,749 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Conception Bay South. Same police, same number: 3 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
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 builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One service, several municipalities. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Conception Bay South included.
- 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 Conception Bay South
Is Conception Bay South safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 81 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: that is where Conception Bay South stands, with 17.9 violent and 34.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Conception Bay South?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 15, other Criminal Code offences at 11.5 and mischief at 9.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Conception Bay South?
Barely: 82.5 in 2023, 79.2 in 2025.
How much of Conception Bay South’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 31%: 45% for violent crime and 23% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Conception Bay South 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).