Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Kings County, Subdivision B is close to typical for Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 72.3 over 2023–2025, against 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. Taking everything together, Kings County, Subdivision B scores C+ (#52 of 88 in Nova Scotia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 17.1 violent incidents and 31.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Kings County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Kings County, Subdivision B
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kings County, Subdivision B records 10.5 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Kings County, Subdivision B moved from 65.6 to 79.7, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Kings County, Subdivision B comes 29th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Nova Scotia’s towns
The typical Nova Scotia town scores 71.4; Kings County, Subdivision B, 72.3. 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 sits behind Kings County, Subdivision B’s C+
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: #52 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #1,514 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Kings County, Subdivision B, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Kings County, Subdivision B runs highest on mischief (10.5 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 21.7 | 0.4 | 43% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.3 | 98% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 4.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 22 | 0.4 | 29% |
| Breaking and entering | 164 | 2.7 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 23.3 | 0.4 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 81 | 1.3 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 25 | 0.4 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 675.3 | 11.1 | 21% |
| Mischief | 635 | 10.5 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 20.3 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 264.3 | 4.4 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 64 | 1.1 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 92.7 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Impaired driving | 231.7 | 3.8 | 36% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3.3 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Kings County, Subdivision B’s index rose 21% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 79.7, with 2023 the lightest at 65.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kings County, Subdivision B | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.7 | 60 |
| 2024 | 71.6 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 65.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Kings County, Subdivision B, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Kings County, Subdivision B stands 29th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Rawdon Quebec | 13,099 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 27 | Ayr Ontario | 13,051 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 28 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 29 | Kings County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 12,661 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 30 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 31 | Amos Quebec | 12,773 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
| 32 | Elliot Lake Ontario | 12,317 | 86.6 | 123.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Kings County, Subdivision B in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
61,300 residents, about 1,040 violent incidents a year: the police area Kings County, Subdivision B belongs to, 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 1,900 property crimes and 980 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 Kings County, Subdivision B
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 82.9 | 90.6 | C |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 6,517 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
3 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Kings County, Subdivision B together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Kings County, Subdivision B
Is Kings County, Subdivision B safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Kings County, Subdivision B scores 72.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 17.1 violent and 31.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Kings County, Subdivision B?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (11.1 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 10.5, and other Criminal Code offences, at 9.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Kings County, Subdivision B?
Up 21%: 65.6 in 2023, 79.7 in 2025.
How much of Kings County, Subdivision B’s crime do police solve?
29%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 46% and non-violent crime at 20%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Kings County, Subdivision B 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).