Photo: Eric.stewart · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in Kings County, Subdivision D sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Kings County, Subdivision D at C+ (#52 of 88 in Nova Scotia): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. For every 1,000 residents, 17.1 violent incidents and 31.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 72.3, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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 Kings County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Kings County, Subdivision D
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kings County, Subdivision D 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 ↓
Heavier than in 2023
From 65.6 in 2023 to 79.7 in 2025: that is Kings County, Subdivision D’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Kings County, Subdivision D comes 24th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Nova Scotia middle
The typical Nova Scotia town scores 71.4; Kings County, Subdivision D, 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.
The C+ for Kings County, Subdivision D, and how it is built
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Kings County, Subdivision D’s index climbed 21%
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 79.7, and 2023 lowest at 65.6. 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 | Kings County, Subdivision D | 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 D, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Kings County, Subdivision D, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Kings County, Subdivision D 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.
Kings County, Subdivision D is 24th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 6,486 | 66.6 | 81.7 | B− |
| 22 | Mont-Joli Quebec | 6,492 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
| 23 | Humboldt Saskatchewan | 6,551 | 71.5 | 72.5 | C+ |
| 24 | Kings County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 6,517 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 25 | Lac-Brome Quebec | 6,307 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 26 | Bay Roberts Newfoundland and Labrador | 6,407 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| 27 | Barrington Nova Scotia | 6,720 | 76.1 | 96.9 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Pictou County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,575 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| 30 | Pictou County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 6,482 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,719 | 96 | 107.6 | 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 Kings County, Subdivision D 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 D, 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 D
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 6,517 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 82.9 | 90.6 | C |
| Windsor | 20,318 | 78.5 | 98.5 | C+ |
Kings County, Subdivision D has the lowest index of the places around it. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Kings County, Subdivision D together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Kings County, Subdivision D
Is Kings County, Subdivision D safe?
The short answer is an index of 72.3 for Kings County, Subdivision D (2023–2025), built from 17.1 violent incidents and 31.4 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Kings County, Subdivision D?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (10.5) and other Criminal Code offences (9.6).
Is crime going up in Kings County, Subdivision D?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 21%, to 79.7 from 65.6.
How much of Kings County, Subdivision D’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 29% of crime (46% of violent crime, 20% 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 Kings County, Subdivision D 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).