Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebfoto/ Emile Baddour · CC0Crime per resident in Holyrood runs higher than in 74% of Canadian towns
All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. About 25% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. On top of that, on crime the police covering Holyrood reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #21 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Its Crime Severity Index averaged 90.3 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Holyrood detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Holyrood
Mischief: high for a town its size
Holyrood records 14.7 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Holyrood scores 68.4 for violence and 99.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Holyrood places 29th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Holyrood’s index went from 95.1 in 2023 to 79.3 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Holyrood’s grade
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: #21 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,813 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 Holyrood, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Holyrood runs highest on drug offences (3.6 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (14.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.8). 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 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 34.3 | 4.7 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.7 | 2.4 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 47.7 | 6.5 | 4% |
| Mischief | 108.7 | 14.7 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.9 | 29% |
| Administration of justice violations | 43.7 | 5.9 | 51% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.3 | 2.5 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 26.7 | 3.6 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 52.3 | 7.1 | 42% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
In Holyrood, down 17% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 96.6, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 79.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Holyrood | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 96.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 95.1 | 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 Holyrood, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Holyrood stands 29th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Victoria County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 2,746 | 82.8 | 120.7 | C |
| 27 | Sussex New Brunswick | 2,742 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 28 | Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,761 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| 29 | Holyrood Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,749 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| 30 | Highlands British Columbia | 2,753 | 92.7 | 168.2 | C |
| 31 | Grimshaw Alberta | 2,799 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 32 | Rosthern No. 403 Saskatchewan | 2,791 | 99.3 | 115.6 | 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 Holyrood in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 99 violent incidents a year in the 7,410-resident police area around Holyrood, 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 240 property crimes, plus 210 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 Holyrood
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood | 2,749 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | 1,180 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M | 1,270 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Clarke's Beach | 1,555 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Holyrood. Closest is Division No. 1, Subdivision M, 15.7 km away, at 74.1 to 90.3 here. Its police also cover one neighbouring place, which carries the same index and is left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Holyrood together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Holyrood
Is Holyrood safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Holyrood’s Crime Severity Index stands at 90.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 13.4 violent incidents and 33.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Holyrood?
Mischief is the most common, at 14.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (12.7) and Criminal Code traffic offences (11.1).
Is crime going up in Holyrood?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 17%, to 79.3 from 95.1.
How much of Holyrood’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 25%: 40% for violent crime and 21% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Holyrood 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).