Photo: Linglingsan at en.wikipedia · Public domainLiverpool has more crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of C+ follows from crime the police covering Liverpool reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #62 of 88 in Nova Scotia. About 38% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size. Its police logs show 18.5 violent incidents and 27.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.0 and 30.5. Split in two, the index gives 112.5 for violence and 65.4 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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 Queens County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Liverpool
Mischief: high for a town its size
Liverpool records 11.4 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 ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Liverpool places 28th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
About the Nova Scotia norm
Liverpool’s index of 78.4 compares with 71.4 for the typical town in Nova Scotia. 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 Liverpool’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: #62 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #1,604 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.
Which crimes make up Liverpool’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Liverpool runs highest on mischief (11.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8) and assault (8.2 per 1,000 against 6.6). 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 | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.3 | 0.5 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 25 | 2.3 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12.3 | 1.1 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 84.3 | 7.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 126 | 11.4 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.6 | 71% |
| Administration of justice violations | 39.7 | 3.6 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.3 | 1.4 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 16.7 | 1.5 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 46 | 4.2 | 26% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Liverpool is 28th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Yarmouth Nova Scotia | 10,637 | 52.1 | 68.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Morinville Alberta | 10,763 | 66.4 | 81.6 | B− |
| 26 | Ponoka County Alberta | 10,670 | 67.6 | 54.5 | B− |
| 27 | Farnham Quebec | 11,315 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 28 | Liverpool Nova Scotia | 10,997 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| 29 | Hawkesbury Ontario | 11,451 | 92.7 | 131.7 | C |
| 30 | Lacombe County Alberta | 11,072 | 94.9 | 66.9 | C− |
| 31 | Lethbridge County Alberta | 10,988 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | New Glasgow Nova Scotia | 10,378 | 128.5 | 146.4 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Liverpool in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Liverpool is part of, 11,100 residents, recorded about 200 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 310 property crimes and 190 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Liverpool: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (84.4); the lightest was 2024 (67). The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Liverpool | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 83.9 | 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 Liverpool, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Liverpool
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 10,997 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| Bridgewater (39 km) | 9,989 | 77.2 | 99.5 | C+ |
| Lunenburg (41 km) | 26,862 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
| Lunenburg (49 km) | 2,523 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Liverpool. Bridgewater, 38.9 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 77.2 to 78.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Liverpool with figures are 39–49 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Liverpool is one part.
Questions about safety in Liverpool
Is Liverpool safe?
Liverpool’s Crime Severity Index is 78.4 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 18.5 violent incidents and 27.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Liverpool?
Top of the list is mischief (11.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 9.9, and assault, at 8.2, follow.
Is crime going up in Liverpool?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 83.9 to 84.4.
How much of Liverpool’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 38%: 64% for violent crime and 21% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Liverpool and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).