Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Grand Falls-Windsor records more crime per resident than 75% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Grand Falls-Windsor reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #23 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 80.8; it rose to 92.5 in 2025. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 92.1 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. Typical years here bring 16.4 violent incidents plus 40.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 Grand Falls-Windsor detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Grand Falls-Windsor
Mischief: high for a town its size
Grand Falls-Windsor records 23.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Grand Falls-Windsor’s two halves part ways: 84.1 for violence (typical 89.4) and 96 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Grand Falls-Windsor stands 31st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Close to Newfoundland and Labrador’s typical town
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 92.1 in Grand Falls-Windsor. 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 Grand Falls-Windsor’s C for safety
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: #23 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,821 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Grand Falls-Windsor’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Grand Falls-Windsor runs highest on mischief (23.8 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (3.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and break and enter (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.2). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 10 | 0.4 | 50% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 6 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.3 | 32% |
| Breaking and entering | 90.3 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.3 | 0.7 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 196 | 7.8 | 14% |
| Mischief | 597.3 | 23.8 | 3% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Administration of justice violations | 152 | 6.1 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 28.7 | 1.1 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 89.7 | 3.6 | 10% |
| Impaired driving | 108 | 4.3 | 29% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Grand Falls-Windsor, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (102.8) and 2023 the trough (80.8). The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Grand Falls-Windsor | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 102.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 80.8 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Grand Falls-Windsor, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Grand Falls-Windsor stands 31st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Mont-Laurier Quebec | 14,598 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| 29 | Beauharnois Quebec | 15,285 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 30 | Whistler British Columbia | 15,090 | 83.8 | 82.3 | C |
| 31 | Grand Falls-Windsor Newfoundland and Labrador | 14,510 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| 32 | Truro Nova Scotia | 14,652 | 95 | 104.2 | C− |
| 33 | Parksville British Columbia | 15,371 | 107.4 | 88.3 | C− |
| 34 | Powell River British Columbia | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Grand Falls-Windsor in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
25,100 residents, about 410 violent incidents a year: the police area Grand Falls-Windsor belongs to, 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 1,010 property crimes and 590 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Grand Falls-Windsor
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 14,510 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| Bishop's Falls (14 km) | 3,162 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| Botwood (30 km) | 2,884 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| Lewisporte (54 km) | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| Springdale (69 km) | 2,893 | 49.9 | 56.6 | B+ |
| Gander (75 km) | 12,707 | 97.2 | 80.6 | C− |
Nearby, 3 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Grand Falls-Windsor. Botwood, 30.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 66.2 to 92.1. Same police, same number: one neighbour drops out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 14–75 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Grand Falls-Windsor.
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. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Grand Falls-Windsor’s are shared with its surroundings.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Grand Falls-Windsor
Is Grand Falls-Windsor safe?
Grand Falls-Windsor measures 92.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 16.4 violent incidents and 40.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Grand Falls-Windsor?
Mischief is the most common, at 23.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (13.8) and theft under $5,000 (7.8).
Is crime going up in Grand Falls-Windsor?
It went up 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 80.8 to 92.5.
How much of Grand Falls-Windsor’s crime do police solve?
About 24% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 53% of violent and 14% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Grand Falls-Windsor 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).