Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 7, Subdivision M is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Recorded violent incidents ran at 11.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 24.1, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its Safety Grade is B−, on crime the police covering Division No. 7, Subdivision M reported from 2023 to 2025. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 63.5 to 68.7. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 64.2, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ sits at 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Clarenville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 7, Subdivision M
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 7, Subdivision M 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Division No. 7, Subdivision M’s index splits into violent crime, 58.5 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 67.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than most of Newfoundland and Labrador
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 64.2 in Division No. 7, Subdivision M. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Division No. 7, Subdivision M’s police clear 23%, 38% of violent crime and 18% of the rest. 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 M, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 19 km from Division No. 7, Subdivision M, 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.
What police record in Division No. 7, Subdivision M, by type
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 7, Subdivision M runs highest on drug offences (2.8 per 1,000 against 0.7) and mischief (13.1 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 | 0.3 | 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 M, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 68.7, and 2024 lowest at 60.4. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 7, Subdivision M | 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 M, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Division No. 7, Subdivision M, 18,200 residents, recorded about 210 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.
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 M
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 7, Subdivision M | 1,878 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L | 1,248 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Clarenville | 7,441 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K | 1,116 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. 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.
Questions about safety in Division No. 7, Subdivision M
Is Division No. 7, Subdivision M safe?
Division No. 7, Subdivision M measures 64.2 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 11.4 violent incidents and 24.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 7, Subdivision M?
Most often it is mischief: 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 10.4 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 6.
Is crime going up in Division No. 7, Subdivision M?
It went up 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 63.5 to 68.7.
How much of Division No. 7, Subdivision M’s crime do police solve?
About 23% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 38% of violent and 18% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Division No. 7, Subdivision M 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).