Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 1, Subdivision Y sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Overall, Division No. 1, Subdivision Y grades B− for safety: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Typical years here bring 11.7 violent incidents plus 21.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 21%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Whitbourne detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 1, Subdivision Y
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision Y, yet 44% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 1, Subdivision Y records 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 ↓
Lower than most of Newfoundland and Labrador
Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s index of 61.2 compares with 81 for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 54.7 on Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 64.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s B−
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 9 km from Division No. 1, Subdivision Y, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
Which crimes make up Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 1, Subdivision Y runs highest on mischief (9 per 1,000 against 4.2) and break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.5). 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 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 34.7 | 4.1 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6 | 0.7 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 36.7 | 4.4 | 8% |
| Mischief | 75.3 | 9 | 3% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 20.7 | 2.5 | 43% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.7 | 1.4 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 18 | 2.1 | 2% |
| Impaired driving | 46.3 | 5.5 | 20% |
| 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.
Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 78.2, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 52.3. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 1, Subdivision Y | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 53.1 | 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 Y, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 98 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Division No. 1, Subdivision Y (8,440 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 180 property crimes, plus 120 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 Y
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision Y | 1,374 | 61.2 | 54.7 | B− |
| Whitbourne | 1,126 | 61.2 | 54.7 | B− |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision E | 2,978 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M | 1,270 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
The places around Division No. 1, Subdivision Y all score higher on the index. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “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 Y
Is Division No. 1, Subdivision Y safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Division No. 1, Subdivision Y scores 61.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 11.7 violent and 21.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 1, Subdivision Y?
Mischief is the most common, at 9 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (6.4) and other Criminal Code offences (6.2).
Is crime going up in Division No. 1, Subdivision Y?
Not much: the index went from 53.1 in 2023 to 52.3 in 2025.
How much of Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 46% of violent crime and 13% 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 Y 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).