Photo: Jorshua59 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Marystown sees more crime per resident than 74% of Canadian towns
Scored on crime the police covering Marystown reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C for safety: #21 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Violence accounts for an index of 93 and other offences for 90.8, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Annual rates stand at 21.3 violent incidents and 29.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 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. Measured across the Burin Peninsula detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Marystown
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Marystown records 3.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Marystown comes 30th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the Newfoundland and Labrador norm
The typical Newfoundland and Labrador town scores 81; Marystown, 90.8. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 25% for Marystown (49% violent, 15% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
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 Marystown, and how it is built
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 Marystown, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Marystown runs highest on drug offences (3.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (16.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and assault (9.2 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 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 55% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.4 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8 | 0.4 | 25% |
| Breaking and entering | 67 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 0.6 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 90.7 | 4.8 | 26% |
| Mischief | 316.7 | 16.9 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.4 | 61% |
| Administration of justice violations | 138 | 7.4 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 34.7 | 1.9 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 64 | 3.4 | 6% |
| Impaired driving | 73.7 | 3.9 | 33% |
| 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 to 10,000 people.
Marystown comes 30th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Central Frontenac Ontario | 5,348 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| 28 | Montréal-Ouest Quebec | 5,197 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Montréal-Est Quebec | 5,112 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Marystown Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,196 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| 31 | Annapolis County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 5,086 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 32 | Deer Lake Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,319 | 96.2 | 98.9 | C− |
| 33 | Electoral Area D, Peace River British Columbia | 5,100 | 107.6 | 157.4 | C− |
| 34 | Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,041 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Marystown in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
18,500 residents, about 400 violent incidents a year: the police area Marystown 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.
Property crime adds about 560 a year and other violations 440 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Marystown, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 101; 2023 was the lightest, at 85.1. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Marystown | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 101 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 85.1 | 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 Marystown, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Marystown
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marystown | 5,196 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| Burin (11 km) | 2,249 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| St. Lawrence (32 km) | 1,138 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| Grand Bank (44 km) | 2,082 | 54.2 | 69.3 | B |
The comparison skips 2 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Marystown with figures are 11–44 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Marystown is one part.
Questions about safety in Marystown
Is Marystown safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Marystown comes to 90.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 21.3 violent incidents and 29.7 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Marystown?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 16.9, other Criminal Code offences at 14.4 and assault at 9.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Marystown?
Not much: the index went from 85.1 in 2023 to 86.4 in 2025.
How much of Marystown’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 25%: 49% for violent crime and 15% 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 Marystown 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).