Photo: Ycleymans · CC BY-SA 4.0Gambo sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
For every 1,000 residents, 19.2 violent incidents and 21.1 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 63.9 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Taking everything together, Gambo scores B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025.
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. Shared with the rest of the Glovertown detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Gambo
Mischief: high for a town its size
Gambo records 10.6 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 ↓
More severe than in 2023
From 54.2 in 2023 to 67.3 in 2025: that is Gambo’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 18% of Gambo’s crime, weighted by seriousness (33% of violent crime, 11% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Below Newfoundland and Labrador’s typical town
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 63.9 in Gambo. 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 Gambo’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 17 km from Gambo, 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.
Gambo’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Gambo runs highest on mischief (10.6 per 1,000 against 4.2) and assault (7.7 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20.7 | 2.7 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.3 | 0.7 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 22.3 | 3 | 13% |
| Mischief | 80.3 | 10.6 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 22 | 2.9 | 50% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.7 | 2.3 | 15% |
| Drug violations | 13.7 | 1.8 | 2% |
| Impaired driving | 41.3 | 5.5 | 18% |
| 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.
Gambo’s index rose 24% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 70.2, with 2023 the lightest at 54.2. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gambo | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 70.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 54.2 | 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 Gambo, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Gambo, 7,560 residents, recorded about 150 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 160 property crimes, plus 130 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 Gambo
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambo | 1,859 | 63.9 | 73.4 | B− |
| Glovertown (15 km) | 2,014 | 63.9 | 73.4 | B− |
| Gander (36 km) | 12,707 | 97.2 | 80.6 | C− |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity (36 km) | 1,100 | 49.5 | 56.1 | B+ |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Gambo. Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, 36.4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 49.5 to 63.9. Same police, same number: one neighbour drops out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Gambo has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–36 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Gambo
Is Gambo safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Gambo comes to 63.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 19.2 violent incidents and 21.1 property crimes. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Gambo?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 10.6, other Criminal Code offences at 8.9 and assault at 7.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Gambo?
It has: 54.2 in 2023 became 67.3 by 2025, a rise of 24%.
How much of Gambo’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 18% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 33% of violent crime and 11% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Gambo 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).