Photo: Dan Fleet at English Wikipedia · Public domainWabush sees less crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 37.6 and other offences for 27.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Wabush reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A+. In a usual year, 6.9 violent incidents and 9.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Labrador service area.
What stands out about safety in Wabush
Lighter than Newfoundland and Labrador’s middle
Wabush’s index of 30.1 compares with 81 for the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Wabush’s police clear 21%, 32% of violent crime and 16% of the rest. Questions ↓
More severe than in 2023
Wabush’s index went from 28.9 in 2023 to 33.5 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
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 Wabush’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Wabush, by type
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6.3 | 0.6 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21 | 2 | 32% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 3.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9 | 0.8 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 24 | 2.2 | 74% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
In Wabush, up 16% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (33.5); the lightest was 2024 (27.9). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wabush | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 27.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 28.9 | 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 Wabush, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
10,800 residents, about 74 violent incidents a year: the police area Wabush 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 100 a year and other violations 63 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Wabush
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabush | 2,105 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
| Labrador City | 7,965 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
| Fermont | 2,129 | 128.1 | 264.9 | D |
One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A wider service area. The service that polices Wabush reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. 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.
Questions about safety in Wabush
Is Wabush safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Wabush scores 30.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 6.9 violent and 9.6 property incidents 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 Wabush?
Mischief is the most common, at 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (2.8) and assault (2.8).
Is crime going up in Wabush?
Yes: the index rose 16%, from 28.9 in 2023 to 33.5 in 2025.
How much of Wabush’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 21% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 32% of violent crime and 16% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Wabush 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).