Photo: WikiPedant · CC BY-SA 4.0Division No. 1, Subdivision E records more crime per resident than 62% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 74.1 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year on year, 13.6 violent incidents and 30.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Division No. 1, Subdivision E reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C+ for safety: #10 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 67.3 to 71.8.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Bay Roberts detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 1, Subdivision E
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 1, Subdivision E records 16.9 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 ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Division No. 1, Subdivision E stands 29th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s two halves part ways: 64.3 for violence (typical 85.7) and 78.6 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 21% of Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s crime, weighted by seriousness (51% of violent crime, 12% of the rest), against 34% across 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.
Division No. 1, Subdivision E: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 19 km off, which covers its own area rather than Division No. 1, Subdivision E.
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: #10 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,555 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.
Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 1, Subdivision E runs highest on drug offences (2.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (16.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.3 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 | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 60.7 | 3.3 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 0.4 | 21% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30 | 1.6 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 89.7 | 4.9 | 14% |
| Mischief | 312 | 16.9 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 61 | 3.3 | 45% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.7 | 1 | 21% |
| Drug violations | 49 | 2.7 | 1% |
| Impaired driving | 96 | 5.2 | 22% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Division No. 1, Subdivision E is 29th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Springdale Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,893 | 49.9 | 56.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Moosomin Saskatchewan | 2,906 | 68.2 | 62.3 | B− |
| 27 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| 28 | Lac-des-Écorces Quebec | 3,005 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| 29 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,978 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| 30 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Quebec | 3,040 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 31 | Fairview Alberta | 2,918 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 32 | Black River-Matheson Ontario | 2,899 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision E in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Division No. 1, Subdivision E, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 83.2, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 67.3. 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 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 83.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 67.3 | 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision E, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 250 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Division No. 1, Subdivision E (18,600 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 550 property crimes, plus 360 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision E
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision E | 2,978 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision Y (14 km) | 1,374 | 61.2 | 54.7 | B− |
| Spaniard's Bay (19 km) | 2,664 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Clarke's Beach (21 km) | 1,555 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Bay Roberts (21 km) | 6,407 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Whitbourne (22 km) | 1,126 | 61.2 | 54.7 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Division No. 1, Subdivision E. Closest is Division No. 1, Subdivision Y, 13.6 km away, at 61.2 to 74.1 here. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 3 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Division No. 1, Subdivision E with figures are 14–22 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Division No. 1, Subdivision E
Is Division No. 1, Subdivision E safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 74.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Division No. 1, Subdivision E stands, with 13.6 violent and 30 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision E?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 16.9, other Criminal Code offences at 9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 7.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Division No. 1, Subdivision E?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 7%, to 71.8 from 67.3.
How much of Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s crime do police solve?
21%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 51% and non-violent crime at 12%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Division No. 1, Subdivision E 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).