Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 7, Subdivision L is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Its letter for safety is B−, worked out from crime the police covering Division No. 7, Subdivision L reported over 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 11.4 violent incidents and 24.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. By contrast, between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 63.5 to 68.7. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 64.2 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Clarenville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 7, Subdivision L
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 7, Subdivision L records 13.1 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
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Division No. 7, Subdivision L’s two halves part ways: 58.5 for violence (typical 86.4) and 67.1 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Below Newfoundland and Labrador’s typical town
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 64.2 in Division No. 7, Subdivision L. Towns its size ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 23% of Division No. 7, Subdivision L’s crime, weighted by seriousness (38% of violent crime, 18% of the rest), against 34% across 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.
The B− for Division No. 7, Subdivision L, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Division No. 7, Subdivision L itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 15 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.
Division No. 7, Subdivision L’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 7, Subdivision L runs highest on mischief (13.1 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 | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.3 | 26% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 34 | 1.9 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.3 | 0.8 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 76.7 | 4.2 | 22% |
| Mischief | 237.3 | 13.1 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 0.5 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 77.3 | 4.3 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 23.3 | 1.3 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 50.3 | 2.8 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 93 | 5.1 | 25% |
| 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. 7, Subdivision L, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (68.7); the lightest was 2024 (60.4). 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. 7, Subdivision L | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 60.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 63.5 | 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. 7, Subdivision L, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 210 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Division No. 7, Subdivision L (18,200 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.
Property crime adds about 440 a year and other violations 360 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Division No. 7, Subdivision L
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L | 1,248 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K | 1,116 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision M | 1,878 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Clarenville | 7,441 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
Same police, same number: 3 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Division No. 7, Subdivision L
Is Division No. 7, Subdivision L safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 64.2 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Division No. 7, Subdivision L stands, with 11.4 violent and 24.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 7, Subdivision L?
Mischief is the most common, at 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (10.4) and Criminal Code traffic offences (6).
Is crime going up in Division No. 7, Subdivision L?
Yes: the index rose 8%, from 63.5 in 2023 to 68.7 in 2025.
How much of Division No. 7, Subdivision L’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 23% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 38% of violent and 18% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Division No. 7, Subdivision L 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).