Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Division No. 4, Subdivision E runs higher than in 88% of Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 24.2 violent incidents and 55.4 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, it grades D for safety on crime the police covering Division No. 4, Subdivision E reported from 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 115.3 and other offences to 134.3, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Its Crime Severity Index climbed from 121.1 in 2023 to 138.2 by 2025.
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 Bay St. George detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 4, Subdivision E
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 4, Subdivision E records 27.8 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 ↓
Over the Newfoundland and Labrador norm
The typical Newfoundland and Labrador town scores 81; Division No. 4, Subdivision E, 128.1. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 115.3 on Division No. 4, Subdivision E’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 134.3 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’s behind Division No. 4, Subdivision E’s grade
How sure: Less sure, as Division No. 4, Subdivision E has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 32 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.
Which crimes make up Division No. 4, Subdivision E’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 4, Subdivision E runs highest on mischief (27.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (4.6 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (5.4 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.4 | 55% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.8 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 100 | 5.4 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 0.3 | 38% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 26.7 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 21% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 250.7 | 13.6 | 27% |
| Mischief | 511.3 | 27.8 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 9 | 0.5 | 44% |
| Administration of justice violations | 229 | 12.4 | 72% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 46 | 2.5 | 37% |
| Drug violations | 85 | 4.6 | 7% |
| Impaired driving | 102 | 5.5 | 30% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
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 E, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 138.2 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 121.1. 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. 4, Subdivision E | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 125 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 121.1 | 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. 4, Subdivision E, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 450 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Division No. 4, Subdivision E (18,400 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 1,020 property crimes, plus 680 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. 4, Subdivision E
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 4, Subdivision E | 1,681 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Kippens (36 km) | 1,927 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Stephenville (39 km) | 6,840 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision B (44 km) | 1,184 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| St. George's (48 km) | 1,181 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
4 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 36–48 km from Division No. 4, Subdivision E.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Division No. 4, Subdivision E
Is Division No. 4, Subdivision E safe?
With 24.2 violent incidents and 55.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Division No. 4, Subdivision E comes to 128.1 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 4, Subdivision E?
Top of the list is mischief (27.8 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 24.5, and theft under $5,000, at 13.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Division No. 4, Subdivision E?
Yes: the index rose 14%, from 121.1 in 2023 to 138.2 in 2025.
How much of Division No. 4, Subdivision E’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 26% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 52% of violent and 17% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Division No. 4, Subdivision E 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).