Photo: halifaxfman · CC BY 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Cumberland County, Subdivision D than in 76% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 86.7 for violence and 96.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Cumberland County, Subdivision D reported from 2023 to 2025: #73 of 88 in Nova Scotia. On top of that, its police logs show 18.6 violent incidents and 35.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 27%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%.
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. Measured across the Cumberland County detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Cumberland County, Subdivision D
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Cumberland County, Subdivision D, 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 D 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
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Cumberland County, Subdivision D stands 32nd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Nova Scotia
Within Nova Scotia, the median town comes to 71.4 on the index, against 93.1 in Cumberland County, Subdivision D. 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.
Inside Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s C− for safety
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 D, by type
Against the typical town its size, Cumberland County, Subdivision D 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 D comes 32nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Guysborough Nova Scotia | 4,721 | 52.9 | 57 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 4,721 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| 30 | Barrhead Alberta | 4,768 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 31 | Shelburne Nova Scotia | 4,542 | 83.2 | 118.8 | C |
| 32 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 4,692 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 33 | Kindersley Saskatchewan | 4,740 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| 34 | Melville Saskatchewan | 4,547 | 104.2 | 145.1 | C− |
| 35 | Central Okanagan British Columbia | 4,784 | 106.7 | 102.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 D in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Cumberland County, Subdivision D, down 14% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 99.8, and its lowest 2025, at 86.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cumberland County, Subdivision D | 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 D, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Cumberland County, Subdivision D is part of, 22,400 residents, recorded about 420 violent incidents a year (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 790 property crimes and 470 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Cumberland County, Subdivision D
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland County, Subdivision D | 4,692 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| Oxford (21 km) | 1,261 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| Cumberland County, Subdivision C (35 km) | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| Botsford (42 km) | 1,240 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Westmorland (42 km) | 1,060 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Springhill (43 km) | 7,015 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Cumberland County, Subdivision D. Closest is Botsford, 42.1 km away, at 58.4 to 93.1 here. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 3 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Cumberland County, Subdivision D has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–43 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
- 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 D is one part.
Questions about safety in Cumberland County, Subdivision D
Is Cumberland County, Subdivision D safe?
Its police recorded 18.6 violent incidents and 35.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Cumberland County, Subdivision D a Crime Severity Index of 93.1. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Cumberland County, Subdivision D?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (13.1 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 12.4, and assault, at 8, follow.
Is crime going up in Cumberland County, Subdivision D?
No: the index fell 14%, from 99.8 in 2023 to 86.2 in 2025.
How much of Cumberland County, Subdivision D’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 27% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 56% of violent and 17% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Cumberland County, Subdivision D 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).