Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Kings County, Subdivision C is close to typical for Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 72.3, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, its police logs show 17.1 violent incidents and 31.4 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. Kings County, Subdivision C’s overall Safety Grade is C+ (#52 of 88 in Nova Scotia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Kings County detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Kings County, Subdivision C
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kings County, Subdivision C records 10.5 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 ↓
More severe than in 2023
Kings County, Subdivision C’s index went from 65.6 in 2023 to 79.7 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved 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, Kings County, Subdivision C comes 23rd, 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 C, 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 C’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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Kings County, Subdivision C’s index rose 21% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 79.7 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 65.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Kings County, Subdivision C | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 71.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 65.6 | 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 Kings County, Subdivision C, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Kings County, Subdivision C’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Kings County, Subdivision C runs highest on mischief (10.5 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.9). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Kings County, Subdivision C stands 23rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Three Rivers Prince Edward Island | 9,322 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| 21 | La Salle Manitoba | 9,215 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| 22 | Camrose County Alberta | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| 23 | Kings County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 8,994 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 24 | Revelstoke British Columbia | 9,464 | 75.8 | 69 | C+ |
| 25 | Brownsburg-Chatham Quebec | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 26 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Newfoundland and Labrador | 9,167 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 27 | Pictou County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 8,847 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 C in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,040 violent incidents a year in the 61,300-resident police area around Kings 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 1,900 property crimes, plus 980 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 Kings County, Subdivision C
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 82.9 | 90.6 | C |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 6,517 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “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 Kings County, Subdivision C is one part.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Kings County, Subdivision C
Is Kings County, Subdivision C safe?
Police-reported crime in Kings County, Subdivision C scores 72.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 17.1 violent incidents and 31.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Kings County, Subdivision C?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (10.5) and other Criminal Code offences (9.6).
Is crime going up in Kings County, Subdivision C?
Yes: the index rose 21%, from 65.6 in 2023 to 79.7 in 2025.
How much of Kings County, Subdivision C’s crime do police solve?
29%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 46% and non-violent crime at 20%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Kings 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).