Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFor recorded crime, Antigonish County, Subdivision A sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Weighing it all, Antigonish County, Subdivision A earns B− for safety (#11 of 88 in Nova Scotia), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. By contrast, its Crime Severity Index averaged 66.6 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. For every 1,000 residents, 12.9 violent incidents and 27.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Antigonish County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
Mischief: high for a town its size
Antigonish County, Subdivision A records 9.7 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 ↓
Up since 2023
In 2023 the index in Antigonish County, Subdivision A stood at 54.6, by 2025 at 67.3. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Antigonish County, Subdivision A comes 24th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Nova Scotia’s typical town
The typical Nova Scotia town scores 71.4; Antigonish County, Subdivision A, 66.6. 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 grade: B− for Antigonish County, Subdivision A
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: #11 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #1,018 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.
In Antigonish County, Subdivision A, up 23% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 77.8; 2023 was lightest, at 54.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Antigonish County, Subdivision A | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 77.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Antigonish County, Subdivision A runs highest on mischief (9.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1 per 1,000 against 0.7). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 44 | 2.7 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32.3 | 2 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.4 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 137.7 | 8.4 | 20% |
| Mischief | 160 | 9.7 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.3 | 40% |
| Administration of justice violations | 49.7 | 3 | 54% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16 | 1 | 27% |
| Drug violations | 16 | 1 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 76.3 | 4.7 | 35% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Antigonish County, Subdivision A comes 24th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Qualicum Beach British Columbia | 9,640 | 51.5 | 32.6 | B+ |
| 22 | Coaldale Alberta | 9,644 | 57.1 | 45.1 | B |
| 23 | Three Rivers Prince Edward Island | 9,322 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| 24 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 9,682 | 66.6 | 81.7 | B− |
| 25 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Quebec | 9,622 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 26 | Shediac New Brunswick | 9,849 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 27 | Saint-Félicien Quebec | 10,143 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Bridgewater Nova Scotia | 9,989 | 77.2 | 99.5 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Amherst Nova Scotia | 10,072 | 149.6 | 131.2 | D |
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 210 violent incidents a year in the 16,600-resident police area around Antigonish County, Subdivision A, 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 450 a year and other violations 240 (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 Antigonish County, Subdivision A
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 9,682 | 66.6 | 81.7 | B− |
| Antigonish (4 km) | 5,175 | 115.4 | 123.5 | C− |
| Antigonish County, Subdivision B (22 km) | 6,486 | 66.6 | 81.7 | B− |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C (41 km) | 8,847 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| Trenton (46 km) | 2,499 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| New Glasgow (47 km) | 10,378 | 128.5 | 146.4 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Antigonish County, Subdivision A. 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. The nearest places to Antigonish County, Subdivision A with figures are 4–47 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- A detachment’s area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
Is Antigonish County, Subdivision A safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 66.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Antigonish County, Subdivision A stands, with 12.9 violent and 27.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
Mischief is the most common, at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (8.4) and other Criminal Code offences (7).
Is crime going up in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
It has: 54.6 in 2023 became 67.3 by 2025, a rise of 23%.
How much of Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 56% of violent and 23% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Antigonish County, Subdivision A 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).