Per resident, Division No. 8, Subdivision H records more crime than 65% of Canadian towns
It grades C+ for safety on crime the police covering Division No. 8, Subdivision H reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 11.4 violent incidents and 25.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2. Still, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 78, 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: one figure for all of the Twillingate detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 8, Subdivision H
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 8, Subdivision H records 11.4 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 than in 2023
From 58.7 in 2023 to 95.7 in 2025: that is Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s two halves part ways: 63.9 for violence (typical 86.4) and 84.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 23% of Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s crime, weighted by seriousness (58% of violent crime, 12% 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 grade: C+ for Division No. 8, Subdivision H
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 9 km off, which covers its own area rather than Division No. 8, Subdivision H.
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.
Year by year in Division No. 8, Subdivision H: up 63%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 95.7 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 58.7. 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. 8, Subdivision H | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 79.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 58.7 | 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. 8, Subdivision H, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 8, Subdivision H runs highest on drug offences (2.8 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (11.4 per 1,000 against 4.2) and break and enter (3.6 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 | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 19 | 3.6 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21.7 | 4.2 | 15% |
| Mischief | 59.7 | 11.4 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.7 | 3 | 40% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 3 | 17% |
| Drug violations | 14.7 | 2.8 | 5% |
| Impaired driving | 17.7 | 3.4 | 7% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Around 60 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Division No. 8, Subdivision H (5,150 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 130 property crimes, plus 90 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. 8, Subdivision H
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H | 1,798 | 78 | 63.9 | C+ |
| Twillingate (10 km) | 2,044 | 78 | 63.9 | C+ |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision L (31 km) | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| Fogo Island (40 km) | 1,979 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| Lewisporte (45 km) | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Division No. 8, Subdivision H. Division No. 8, Subdivision L, 31.4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 73.3 to 78. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 10–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Division No. 8, Subdivision H.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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 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.”
Questions about safety in Division No. 8, Subdivision H
Is Division No. 8, Subdivision H safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 78 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Division No. 8, Subdivision H stands, with 11.4 violent and 25.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 8, Subdivision H?
Most often it is mischief: 11.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 10 and assault at 5.1.
Is crime going up in Division No. 8, Subdivision H?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 63%, to 95.7 from 58.7.
How much of Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 23% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 58% of violent crime and 12% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Division No. 8, Subdivision H together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).