Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNew-Wes-Valley sees less crime per resident than seven in ten Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 56.1 and other offences for 47.3, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering New-Wes-Valley reported from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 14.5 violent incidents and 17.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 New-Wes-Valley detachment area.
What stands out about safety in New-Wes-Valley
Lower than most of Newfoundland and Labrador
The typical Newfoundland and Labrador town scores 81; New-Wes-Valley, 49.5. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 23% for New-Wes-Valley (35% violent, 16% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
New-Wes-Valley records 9.1 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 ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B+ for New-Wes-Valley
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.
Crime in New-Wes-Valley, type by type
Against the typical town its size, New-Wes-Valley runs highest on mischief (9.1 per 1,000 against 4.2) and break and enter (3 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 13.3 | 3 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10.7 | 2.4 | 12% |
| Mischief | 40.7 | 9.1 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 14 | 3.1 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1.2 | 13% |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 13 | 2.9 | 13% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
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.
About 65 violent incidents a year across the police area of 4,440 residents that includes New-Wes-Valley, 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 79 property crimes, plus 55 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Three years of New-Wes-Valley’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 56.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 45.2 in 2023. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | New-Wes-Valley | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 56.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 45.2 | 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 New-Wes-Valley, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around New-Wes-Valley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New-Wes-Valley | 2,011 | 49.5 | 56.1 | B+ |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity (26 km) | 1,100 | 49.5 | 56.1 | B+ |
| Glovertown (62 km) | 2,014 | 63.9 | 73.4 | B− |
| Gambo (62 km) | 1,859 | 63.9 | 73.4 | B− |
| Bonavista (65 km) | 3,293 | 92.8 | 63.2 | C |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision L (65 km) | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
New-Wes-Valley has the lowest index of the places around it. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. New-Wes-Valley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 26–65 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which New-Wes-Valley is one part.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. With roughly 4,442 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in New-Wes-Valley
Is New-Wes-Valley safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, New-Wes-Valley’s Crime Severity Index stands at 49.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 14.5 violent incidents and 17.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in New-Wes-Valley?
Police record mischief most, 9.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (7.4) and other Criminal Code offences (7.3).
Is crime going up in New-Wes-Valley?
The index stayed close to where it was, 45.2 in 2023 and 47.2 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of New-Wes-Valley’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 23% of crime (35% of violent crime, 16% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for New-Wes-Valley 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).