Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Annapolis County, Subdivision D than in 77% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 98.1 then 93.9. 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. Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Annapolis County, Subdivision D reported from 2023 to 2025: #78 of 88 in Nova Scotia. Split in two, the index gives 107.6 for violence and 92.2 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8).
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 D
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Annapolis County, Subdivision D, yet 30% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Annapolis County, Subdivision D records 10.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Annapolis County, Subdivision D places 30th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Nova Scotia
Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s index of 96 compares with 71.4 for the typical town in Nova Scotia. 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 D’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.
Which crimes make up Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Annapolis County, Subdivision D 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.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D comes 30th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Inverness County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,314 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Dalhousie New Brunswick | 3,255 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| 28 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,361 | 89.9 | 103.7 | C |
| 29 | Bonavista Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,293 | 92.8 | 63.2 | C |
| 30 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 3,273 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 31 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 103.6 | 169 | C− |
| 32 | Central Okanagan West British Columbia | 3,298 | 106.7 | 102.5 | C− |
| 33 | Sainte-Clotilde Quebec | 3,297 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 34 | Pictou Nova Scotia | 3,307 | 126.6 | 152.7 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 D 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 D, 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 D, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 98.1, against a low of 93.9 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 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 D, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Annapolis County, Subdivision D
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis County, Subdivision D | 3,273 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B (19 km) | 5,086 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Middleton (23 km) | 1,978 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C (25 km) | 5,694 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Annapolis County, Subdivision D with figures are 19–25 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What the index measures. 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 detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Annapolis County, Subdivision D is one part.
Questions about safety in Annapolis County, Subdivision D
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision D safe?
The short answer is an index of 96 for Annapolis County, Subdivision D (2023–2025), built from 19.8 violent incidents and 34.2 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (13.4 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 10.9, and assault, at 8.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
Hardly at all, from 98.1 in 2023 to 93.9 in 2025.
How much of Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 32% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 53% of violent and 21% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Annapolis County, Subdivision D 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).