Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Flatrock records more crime per resident than 81% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 83.3 and other offences for 118.8, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Flatrock reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−. Per 1,000 residents a year, 20.3 violent incidents and 53.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. What’s more, all 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Harbour Grace detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Flatrock
Mischief: high for a town its size
Flatrock records 31 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
Violent crime scores 83.3 on Flatrock’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 118.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
A low clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 15% of crime in Flatrock ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 34% of violent crime and 11% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Over the Newfoundland and Labrador norm
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 108 in Flatrock. 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.
The C− for Flatrock, and how it is built
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 38 km off, which covers its own area rather than Flatrock.
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.
Which crimes make up Flatrock’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Flatrock runs highest on mischief (31 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (2.9 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (5.4 per 1,000 against 2.5). 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 | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.3 | 0.5 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 95 | 5.4 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.3 | 0.6 | 26% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.7 | 2.4 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 157 | 9 | 15% |
| Mischief | 541 | 31 | 3% |
| Weapons violations | 11.7 | 0.7 | 28% |
| Administration of justice violations | 121 | 6.9 | 39% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 34.3 | 2 | 21% |
| Drug violations | 50 | 2.9 | 7% |
| Impaired driving | 96 | 5.5 | 16% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.3 | 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.
The detachment nearest Flatrock, 17,500 residents: around 360 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.
Add about 930 property crimes and 520 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Flatrock: up 7%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 114.7, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 101.3. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Flatrock | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 114.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 101.3 | 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 Flatrock, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Flatrock
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock | 1,938 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| Pouch Cove | 2,270 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
Flatrock has the highest index of the places around it. Just 6.6 km away, Torbay comes to 81, against 108. The comparison skips 2 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Flatrock
Is Flatrock safe?
Its police recorded 20.3 violent incidents and 53.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Flatrock a Crime Severity Index of 108. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Flatrock?
Top of the list is mischief (31 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 17, and assault, at 9.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Flatrock?
Yes: the index rose 7%, from 101.3 in 2023 to 108.1 in 2025.
How much of Flatrock’s crime do police solve?
About 15% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 34% of violent and 11% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Flatrock 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).