Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAnnapolis County, Subdivision C records more crime per resident than 77% of Canadian towns
On crime the police covering Annapolis County, Subdivision C reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #78 of 88 in Nova Scotia. The index held steady between 2023 (98.1) and 2025 (93.9). Of the two halves, violence comes to 107.6 and other offences to 92.2, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. In a usual year, 19.8 violent incidents and 34.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Annapolis County detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Annapolis County, Subdivision C 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 ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Annapolis County, Subdivision C stands 33rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Above Nova Scotia’s typical town
Within Nova Scotia, the median town comes to 71.4 on the index, against 96 in Annapolis County, Subdivision C. 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’s behind Annapolis County, Subdivision C’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.
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 C, by type
Against the typical town its size, Annapolis County, Subdivision C 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 C stands 33rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Wolfville Nova Scotia | 5,587 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Sainte-Martine Quebec | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 31 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 32 | Espanola Ontario | 5,504 | 90.6 | 123.8 | C |
| 33 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 5,694 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 34 | Osoyoos British Columbia | 5,724 | 97.9 | 68.6 | C− |
| 35 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| 36 | Cochrane Ontario | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 C in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 450 violent incidents a year across the police area of 22,800 residents that includes Annapolis County, Subdivision C, 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.
Add about 770 property crimes and 500 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Annapolis County, Subdivision C, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 98.1; the lightest was 2025, at 93.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Annapolis County, Subdivision C | 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 C, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Annapolis County, Subdivision C
Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Annapolis County, Subdivision C together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Annapolis County, Subdivision C
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision C safe?
The short answer is an index of 96 for Annapolis County, Subdivision C (2023–2025), built from 19.8 violent incidents and 34.2 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Annapolis County, Subdivision C?
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 C?
Hardly at all, from 98.1 in 2023 to 93.9 in 2025.
How much of Annapolis County, Subdivision C’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 32% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 53% of violent crime and 21% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Annapolis County, Subdivision C 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).