More crimes per resident are recorded in Division No. 1, Subdivision M than in 62% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 67.3 to 71.8. By contrast, the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador scores 81 on the same index. Graded on crime the police covering Division No. 1, Subdivision M reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C+ for safety. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 74.1 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 67.2 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 Bay Roberts detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 1, Subdivision M
More people here than live here
With 62% of its homes not lived in all year, Division No. 1, Subdivision M counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 1, Subdivision M records 16.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Division No. 1, Subdivision M’s index splits into violent crime, 64.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 78.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Less crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Division No. 1, Subdivision M’s police clear 21%, 51% of violent crime and 12% of the rest. Questions ↓
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 Division No. 1, Subdivision M’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 13 km from Division No. 1, Subdivision M, not to the town.
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.
What police record in Division No. 1, Subdivision M, by type
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 1, Subdivision M runs highest on mischief (16.9 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits 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 people or more.
Division No. 1, Subdivision M, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (83.2) and 2023 the trough (67.3). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 1, Subdivision M | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 83.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 67.3 | 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision M, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 250 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Division No. 1, Subdivision M (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.
Add about 550 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision M
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M | 1,270 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Clarke's Beach | 1,555 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | 1,180 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Whitbourne | 1,126 | 61.2 | 54.7 | B− |
| Bay Roberts | 6,407 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Holyrood | 2,749 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision Y | 1,374 | 61.2 | 54.7 | B− |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Division No. 1, Subdivision M. Closest is Whitbourne, 14.4 km away, at 61.2 to 74.1 here. 2 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Division No. 1, Subdivision M
Is Division No. 1, Subdivision M safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Division No. 1, Subdivision M scores 74.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 13.6 violent and 30 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision M?
Police record mischief most, 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (7.5).
Is crime going up in Division No. 1, Subdivision M?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 7%, to 71.8 from 67.3.
How much of Division No. 1, Subdivision M’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 51% of violent crime and 12% of everything else, 21% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Division No. 1, Subdivision M 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).