Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Annapolis County, Subdivision B records more crime than 77% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 107.6 and its non-violent half to 92.2, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Annapolis County, Subdivision B reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #78 of 88 in Nova Scotia. The local count comes to 19.8 violent incidents and 34.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. The index held steady between 2023 (98.1) and 2025 (93.9).
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Annapolis County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Annapolis County, Subdivision B
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Annapolis County, Subdivision B records 2.1 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Annapolis County, Subdivision B is 32nd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Over the Nova Scotia norm
Set among Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median is 71.4, Annapolis County, Subdivision B scores 96. 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.
The C− for Annapolis County, Subdivision B, and how it is built
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: #78 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #1,910 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Annapolis County, Subdivision B, by type
Against the typical town its size, Annapolis County, Subdivision B runs highest on drug offences (2.1 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (10.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14 | 0.6 | 52% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.7 | 0.3 | 26% |
| Breaking and entering | 105.3 | 4.7 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 28.3 | 1.3 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 55.3 | 2.5 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12 | 0.5 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 175 | 7.8 | 21% |
| Mischief | 246.3 | 10.9 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 16 | 0.7 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 165 | 7.3 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 46.7 | 2.1 | 22% |
| Drug violations | 47.3 | 2.1 | 22% |
| Impaired driving | 91.7 | 4.1 | 36% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 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 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Annapolis County, Subdivision B stands 32nd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Inverness Nova Scotia | 5,138 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Montréal-Est Quebec | 5,112 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Sussex New Brunswick | 4,994 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 31 | Marystown Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,196 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| 32 | Annapolis County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 5,086 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 33 | Electoral Area D, Peace River British Columbia | 5,100 | 107.6 | 157.4 | C− |
| 34 | Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,041 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| 35 | Cardston County Alberta | 4,938 | 108 | 123.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Antigonish Nova Scotia | 5,175 | 115.4 | 123.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Annapolis County, Subdivision B in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
22,800 residents, about 450 violent incidents a year: the police area Annapolis County, Subdivision B 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 770 a year and other violations 500 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Annapolis County, Subdivision B, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 98.1, and its lowest 2025, at 93.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Annapolis County, Subdivision B | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 96 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 98.1 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Annapolis County, Subdivision B, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Annapolis County, Subdivision B
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | 5,086 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Middleton (17 km) | 1,978 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D (19 km) | 3,273 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C (21 km) | 5,694 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A (30 km) | 6,719 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
4 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Annapolis County, Subdivision B has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–30 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Annapolis County, Subdivision B together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. 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 Annapolis County, Subdivision B
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision B safe?
With 19.8 violent incidents and 34.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Annapolis County, Subdivision B comes to 96 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 13.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 10.9 and assault at 8.1.
Is crime going up in Annapolis County, Subdivision B?
Barely: 98.1 in 2023, 93.9 in 2025.
How much of Annapolis County, Subdivision B’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 53% of violent crime and 21% of everything else, 32% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Annapolis County, Subdivision B together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).