Photo: Original Uploader was Sheldoncoles at 07:56, 17. Feb. 2007. · Public domainPer resident, St. Anthony records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 61.8 and other offences for 54.1, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Overall, it grades B for safety. On top of that, recorded violent incidents ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 18.2, 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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the St. Anthony detachment area.
What stands out about safety in St. Anthony
Mischief: high for a town its size
St. Anthony records 8.8 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 ↓
Below Newfoundland and Labrador’s typical town
St. Anthony’s index of 56 compares with 81 for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 44% of crime in St. Anthony ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 70% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
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. Anthony’s B
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.
Which crimes make up St. Anthony’s figures
Against the typical town its size, St. Anthony runs highest on mischief (8.8 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault 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 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6 | 1.6 | 62% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Mischief | 32.7 | 8.8 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 6.3 | 1.7 | 68% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 1.6 | 62% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 2 | 37% |
| Impaired driving | 11.7 | 3.1 | 23% |
| 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 people or more.
Around 43 violent incidents a year in the 3,720-resident police area around St. Anthony, 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 68 a year and other violations 45 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of St. Anthony’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
At 61.3, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 51.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | St. Anthony | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 61.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 55.3 | 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. Anthony, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around St. Anthony
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony | 2,203 | 56 | 61.8 | B |
| Division No. 9, Subdivision C (86 km) | 2,137 | 18 | 29.3 | A+ |
| Blanc-Sablon (110 km) | 1,090 | 86.8 | 171.4 | C |
St. Anthony sits above 1 of the 2 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 85.9 km away, Division No. 9, Subdivision C comes to 18, against 56.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. St. Anthony has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 86–110 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so St. Anthony’s are shared with its surroundings.
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 3,715 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 St. Anthony
Is St. Anthony safe?
Police-reported crime in St. Anthony scores 56 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 11.6 violent incidents and 18.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in St. Anthony?
Police record mischief most, 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (6.2) and assault (4.8).
Is crime going up in St. Anthony?
Down 7%: 55.3 in 2023, 51.3 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of St. Anthony’s crime do police solve?
About 44% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 70% of violent and 32% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for St. Anthony 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).