Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Division No. 8, Subdivision L than in 61% of Canadian towns
For solved cases, the weighted rate is 21%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Add to that, its Safety Grade is C+, on crime the police covering Division No. 8, Subdivision L reported from 2023 to 2025: #9 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. In a usual year, 12.5 violent incidents and 20.1 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 73.3, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Carmanville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 8, Subdivision L
Visitors count, residents divide
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Division No. 8, Subdivision L, yet 37% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Division No. 8, Subdivision L scores 54.3 for violence and 81.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Division No. 8, Subdivision L records 5.3 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Division No. 8, Subdivision L places 19th from the lowest index. 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.
Inside Division No. 8, Subdivision L’s C+ for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Division No. 8, Subdivision L itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 9 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.
Its place: #9 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,539 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Division No. 8, Subdivision L, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 8, Subdivision L runs highest on drug offences (2.8 per 1,000 against 0.7), break and enter (5.3 per 1,000 against 2.8) and mischief (7.9 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24.7 | 5.3 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 16% |
| Mischief | 37 | 7.9 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.9 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 14.3 | 3.1 | 44% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 2.6 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 13.3 | 2.8 | 0% |
| Impaired driving | 25.7 | 5.5 | 13% |
| 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 to 10,000 people.
The detachment nearest Division No. 8, Subdivision L, 4,620 residents: around 58 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 94 a year and other violations 84 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Division No. 8, Subdivision L places 19th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Saint-Alexandre Quebec | 2,685 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 17 | Cultus Lake British Columbia | 2,773 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 18 | Wickham Quebec | 2,745 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 19 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| 20 | Macamic Quebec | 2,698 | 75.8 | 140 | C+ |
| 21 | Gore Quebec | 2,756 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 22 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 2,691 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Holyrood Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,749 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Division No. 8, Subdivision L in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Division No. 8, Subdivision L’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 93.5 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 55 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 8, Subdivision L | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 93.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 71.3 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Division No. 8, Subdivision L, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Division No. 8, Subdivision L
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 8, Subdivision L | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H (31 km) | 1,798 | 78 | 63.9 | C+ |
| Twillingate (41 km) | 2,044 | 78 | 63.9 | C+ |
| Fogo Island (43 km) | 1,979 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| Gander (46 km) | 12,707 | 97.2 | 80.6 | C− |
| Lewisporte (47 km) | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
1 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Division No. 8, Subdivision L. Lewisporte, 47.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 66.2 to 73.3. One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Division No. 8, Subdivision L with figures are 31–47 km away.
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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 4,624 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Division No. 8, Subdivision L
Is Division No. 8, Subdivision L safe?
The short answer is an index of 73.3 for Division No. 8, Subdivision L (2023–2025), built from 12.5 violent incidents and 20.1 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 8, Subdivision L?
Police record mischief most, 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (7.9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (6.4).
Is crime going up in Division No. 8, Subdivision L?
Down 23%: 71.3 in 2023, 55 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Division No. 8, Subdivision L’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 60% of violent crime and 11% of everything else, 21% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Division No. 8, Subdivision L and everywhere else it polices.
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).