Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clifbudden/ Clif Budden · CC BY 2.0St. Alban's sees less crime per resident than 62% of Canadian towns
Scored on crime the police covering St. Alban's reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B for safety. Violence and property crime split as 12.5 violent incidents and 13.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 69.3 and 48.7.
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 Harbour Breton detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in St. Alban's
Lower than most of Newfoundland and Labrador
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the median town comes to 81 on the index, against 54.2 in St. Alban's. 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 sits behind St. Alban's’s B
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 44 km off, which covers its own area rather than St. Alban's.
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 St. Alban's, type by type
Against the typical town its size, St. Alban's runs highest on mischief (8.1 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 1.5 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3 | 0.9 | — |
| Mischief | 28 | 8.1 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9 | 2.6 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 1.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 8.7 | 2.5 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 13.7 | 4 | 7% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 0.6 | — |
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.
Around 43 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest St. Alban's (3,420 residents), 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 45 a year and other violations 49 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
St. Alban's’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 54.9; the lightest was 2024, at 53.6. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | St. Alban's | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 53.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 54.9 | 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 St. Alban's, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around St. Alban's
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Alban's | 1,093 | 54.2 | 69.3 | B |
| Harbour Breton (45 km) | 1,481 | 54.2 | 69.3 | B |
| Grand Bank (88 km) | 2,082 | 54.2 | 69.3 | B |
| Fortune (90 km) | 1,249 | 54.2 | 69.3 | B |
| Marystown (94 km) | 5,196 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| Burin (104 km) | 2,249 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
St. Alban's has the lowest index of the places around it. 3 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. St. Alban's has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 45–104 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Read with care. The police behind these figures serve about 3,415 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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. 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.”
Questions about safety in St. Alban's
Is St. Alban's safe?
With 12.5 violent incidents and 13.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, St. Alban's comes to 54.2 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in St. Alban's?
Mischief is the most common, at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (6.3) and assault (5.7).
Is crime going up in St. Alban's?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 54.9 to 54.2. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of St. Alban's’s crime do police solve?
33%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 51% and non-violent crime at 23%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers St. Alban's 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).