Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime in Division No. 4, Subdivision A sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had climbed to 66.2, up from 59.7 in 2023. Still, its Crime Severity Index averaged 66.8 over 2023–2025, against 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On the record of crime the police covering Division No. 4, Subdivision A reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B− for safety. Per 1,000 residents a year, 15.0 violent incidents and 23.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in 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 for the Channel-Port aux Basques detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 4, Subdivision A
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 4, Subdivision A records 12.3 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Division No. 4, Subdivision A’s two halves part ways: 62.8 for violence (typical 86.4) and 68.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
About the Newfoundland and Labrador norm
The typical Newfoundland and Labrador town scores 81; Division No. 4, Subdivision A, 66.8. 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.
The grade: B− for Division No. 4, Subdivision A
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 30 km off, which covers its own area rather than Division No. 4, Subdivision A.
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.
Division No. 4, Subdivision A’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 4, Subdivision A runs highest on mischief (12.3 per 1,000 against 4.2). Fraud 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 | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.7 | 2.2 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25.3 | 3.6 | 26% |
| Mischief | 87.7 | 12.3 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 25.3 | 3.5 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.7 | 2.5 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 21.7 | 3 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 23.7 | 3.3 | 39% |
| 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. 4, Subdivision A, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 74.4 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 59.7 in 2023. Set beside it, 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. 4, Subdivision A | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 74.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 59.7 | 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. 4, Subdivision A, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 110 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Division No. 4, Subdivision A (7,030 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 170 property crimes and 130 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. 4, Subdivision A
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 4, Subdivision A | 1,625 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| Channel-Port aux Basques (26 km) | 3,379 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision B (58 km) | 1,184 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision E (87 km) | 1,681 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| St. George's (91 km) | 1,181 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Kippens (97 km) | 1,927 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
Division No. 4, Subdivision A has the lowest index of the places around it. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Division No. 4, Subdivision A has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 26–97 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Division No. 4, Subdivision A
Is Division No. 4, Subdivision A safe?
Division No. 4, Subdivision A measures 66.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 15 violent incidents and 23.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 4, Subdivision A?
Police record mischief most, 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9.8) and assault (6.3).
Is crime going up in Division No. 4, Subdivision A?
Yes: the index rose 11%, from 59.7 in 2023 to 66.2 in 2025.
How much of Division No. 4, Subdivision A’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 28% of crime (48% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Division No. 4, Subdivision A 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).