Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision U is close to typical for Canadian towns
Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. Taking everything together, Division No. 1, Subdivision U scores B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Typical years here bring 10.5 violent incidents plus 24.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 67.4 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 67.2.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Ferryland detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
Visitors count, residents divide
With 52% of its homes not lived in all year, Division No. 1, Subdivision U 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 U records 11.7 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 ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Division No. 1, Subdivision U scores 42.5 for violence and 78 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Police clear less here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 20% for Division No. 1, Subdivision U (36% violent, 16% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Division No. 1, Subdivision U has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 16 km away.
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.
Crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision U, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 1, Subdivision U runs highest on mischief (11.7 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault 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 | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23 | 2.7 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9.3 | 1.1 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 40 | 4.7 | 6% |
| Mischief | 98.7 | 11.7 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 25.7 | 3 | 51% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.7 | 1.7 | 18% |
| Drug violations | 25.3 | 3 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 32.3 | 3.8 | 27% |
| 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 people or more.
In Division No. 1, Subdivision U, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (70.1); the lightest was 2024 (64.6). In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 1, Subdivision U | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 64.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 67.6 | 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 U, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Division No. 1, Subdivision U, 8,510 residents, recorded about 88 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.
And about 210 property crimes, plus 160 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 U
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision U | 1,522 | 67.4 | 42.5 | B− |
| Witless Bay | 1,833 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Bay Bulls | 1,699 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
The places around Division No. 1, Subdivision U all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
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. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “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 U
Is Division No. 1, Subdivision U safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 67.4 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Division No. 1, Subdivision U stands, with 10.5 violent and 24.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 11.7, Criminal Code traffic offences at 7.7 and other Criminal Code offences at 6.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
Not much: the index went from 67.6 in 2023 to 70.1 in 2025.
How much of Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 20%: 36% for violent crime and 16% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Division No. 1, Subdivision U 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).