Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 9, Subdivision C records less crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Year on year, 2.5 violent incidents and 4.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, on the record of crime the police covering Division No. 9, Subdivision C reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A+ for safety. Of the two halves, violence comes to 29.3 and other offences to 13.7, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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 Flower's Cove detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 9, Subdivision C
Lighter than Newfoundland and Labrador’s middle
Set among Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, whose median is 81, Division No. 9, Subdivision C scores 18. Towns its size ↓
Less crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Division No. 9, Subdivision C’s police clear 12%, 18% of violent crime and 13% of the rest. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Division No. 9, Subdivision C’s index splits into violent crime, 29.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 13.7 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.
Division No. 9, Subdivision C: A+ for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 14 km from Division No. 9, Subdivision C, 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.
The detachment nearest Division No. 9, Subdivision C, 2,330 residents: around 6 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.
And about 11 property crimes, plus 7 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Division No. 9, Subdivision C, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (36.1); 2024 was the low point, at 8.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 9, Subdivision C | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 8.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 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. 9, Subdivision C, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What police record in Division No. 9, Subdivision C, by type
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Mischief | 4.7 | 1.9 | — |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 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 people or more.
Crime in the places around Division No. 9, Subdivision C
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 9, Subdivision C | 2,137 | 18 | 29.3 | A+ |
| Blanc-Sablon (37 km) | 1,090 | 86.8 | 171.4 | C |
| St. Anthony (86 km) | 2,203 | 56 | 61.8 | B |
| Baie Verte (145 km) | 1,386 | 34.1 | 48.8 | A |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Division No. 9, Subdivision C.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Division No. 9, Subdivision C with figures are 37–145 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 2,329 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.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Division No. 9, Subdivision C
Is Division No. 9, Subdivision C safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Division No. 9, Subdivision C’s Crime Severity Index stands at 18 for 2023–2025. Its police record 2.5 violent incidents and 4.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 9, Subdivision C?
Police record mischief most, 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (1.8) and Criminal Code traffic offences (1.5).
Is crime going up in Division No. 9, Subdivision C?
Yes: the index rose 268%, from 9.8 in 2023 to 36.1 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Division No. 9, Subdivision C’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 12%: 18% for violent crime and 13% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Division No. 9, Subdivision C 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).