Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCumberland County, Subdivision C sees more crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 86.7 and 96.5. By 2025 the index had dropped to 86.2, down from 99.8 in 2023. Still, the grade is C−, built on crime the police covering Cumberland County, Subdivision C reported from 2023 to 2025: #73 of 88 in Nova Scotia. Per 1,000 residents a year, 18.6 violent incidents and 35.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Cumberland County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
More people here than live here
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Cumberland County, Subdivision C, yet 39% 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
Cumberland County, Subdivision C records 12.4 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
Counting up from the lowest index, Cumberland County, Subdivision C is 30th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than Nova Scotia’s middle
Set among Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median is 71.4, Cumberland County, Subdivision C scores 93.1. 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 Cumberland 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: #73 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #1,836 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C, by type
Against the typical town its size, Cumberland County, Subdivision C runs highest on mischief (12.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (6.2 per 1,000 against 2.8) and drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.3 | 0.3 | 48% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7 | 0.3 | 39% |
| Breaking and entering | 138.3 | 6.2 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15 | 0.7 | 53% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 77.7 | 3.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 16.3 | 0.7 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 146 | 6.5 | 16% |
| Mischief | 276.7 | 12.4 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 12.7 | 0.6 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 136 | 6.1 | 58% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 36.3 | 1.6 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 30 | 1.3 | 24% |
| Impaired driving | 80.7 | 3.6 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Cumberland County, Subdivision C, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 99.8; the lightest was 2025, at 86.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cumberland County, Subdivision C | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 93.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 99.8 | 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Cumberland County, Subdivision C stands 30th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 28 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 29 | Willow Creek No. 26 Alberta | 6,225 | 91.1 | 68.1 | C |
| 30 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 31 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 32 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| 33 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Cumberland County, Subdivision C in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 420 violent incidents a year in the 22,400-resident police area around Cumberland 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.
And about 790 property crimes, plus 470 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Cumberland County, Subdivision C
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| Amherst | 10,072 | 149.6 | 131.2 | D |
| Westmorland | 1,060 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Cumberland County, Subdivision C. Closest is Westmorland, 18.7 km away, at 58.4 to 93.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Cumberland County, Subdivision C is one part.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Cumberland County, Subdivision C
Is Cumberland County, Subdivision C safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 93.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Cumberland County, Subdivision C stands, with 18.6 violent and 35.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 12.4 and assault at 8.
Is crime going up in Cumberland County, Subdivision C?
The reverse: 99.8 in 2023 came down to 86.2 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of Cumberland County, Subdivision C’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 27% of crime (56% of violent crime, 17% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Cumberland County, Subdivision C 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).