Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Mount Pearl records more crime per resident than 67% of Canadian towns
The index held steady between 2023 (82.5) and 2025 (79.2). Annual rates stand at 17.9 violent incidents and 34.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Counting crime the police covering Mount Pearl reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #14 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Split in two, the index gives 104.2 for violence and 72.4 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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 St. John's service area.
What stands out about safety in Mount Pearl
Mischief: high for a town its size
Mount Pearl records 9.4 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 ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Mount Pearl comes 31st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Newfoundland and Labrador’s typical town
The typical Newfoundland and Labrador town scores 81; Mount Pearl, 81. 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.
What’s behind Mount Pearl’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: #14 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador and #1,643 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.
Crime in Mount Pearl, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Mount Pearl runs highest on mischief (9.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (3.2 per 1,000 against 2.2) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 4.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 144.7 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 28.7 | 0.1 | 30% |
| Robbery | 139.7 | 0.6 | 58% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 21.7 | 0.09 | 65% |
| Other violent violations | 37.3 | 0.2 | 21% |
| Breaking and entering | 724.7 | 3.2 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.3 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 320.7 | 1.4 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 152.3 | 0.7 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,457.3 | 15 | 15% |
| Mischief | 2,163.3 | 9.4 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 123 | 0.5 | 34% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,010.7 | 8.7 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 203 | 0.9 | 23% |
| Drug violations | 112 | 0.5 | 24% |
| Impaired driving | 458.7 | 2 | 56% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 80 | 0.3 | 45% |
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.
By its index, Mount Pearl stands 31st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| 29 | Mont-Royal Quebec | 22,821 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador | 26,155 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 31 | Mount Pearl Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,266 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 32 | White Rock British Columbia | 25,057 | 82.6 | 87.2 | C |
| 33 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 Alberta | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 34 | Brockville Ontario | 23,720 | 100.1 | 126.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Mount Pearl in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 4,110 violent incidents a year across the police area of 234,500 residents that includes Mount Pearl, 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 8,030 property crimes, plus 3,470 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Mount Pearl, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 82.5, against a low of 79.2 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mount Pearl | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 82.5 | 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 Mount Pearl, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Mount Pearl
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Paradise | 26,155 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove | 1,005 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
The table leaves out 5 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One service, several municipalities. Mount Pearl is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Mount Pearl
Is Mount Pearl safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Mount Pearl scores 81 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 17.9 violent and 34.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Mount Pearl?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 15 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (11.5) and mischief (9.4).
Is crime going up in Mount Pearl?
Not much: the index went from 82.5 in 2023 to 79.2 in 2025.
How much of Mount Pearl’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 45% of violent crime and 23% of everything else, 31% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Mount Pearl and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).