Photo: Ann Baekken · CC BY 2.0Millbrook 27 sees more crime per resident than 61% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 100.8 for violence and 62.3 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Out of every 1,000 residents, 14.5 violent incidents and 29.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The index fell from 77.5 in 2023 to 69.6 in 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. Measured across the Colchester County detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Millbrook 27
Mischief: high for a town its size
Millbrook 27 records 10.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Close to Nova Scotia’s typical town
Millbrook 27’s index of 72.9 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.
How Millbrook 27 comes out at 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Millbrook 27, by type
Against the typical town its size, Millbrook 27 runs highest on mischief (10.9 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.3 | 0.4 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 8.3 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Robbery | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 35% |
| Breaking and entering | 94.3 | 2.3 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 17 | 0.4 | 34% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 79.3 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 30.7 | 0.7 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 323.7 | 7.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 446.7 | 10.9 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 21.3 | 0.5 | 41% |
| Administration of justice violations | 150.7 | 3.7 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 53 | 1.3 | 32% |
| Drug violations | 25.3 | 0.6 | 32% |
| Impaired driving | 157 | 3.8 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5.3 | 0.1 | 25% |
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 people or more.
Millbrook 27, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (77.5); 2025 was the lightest, at 69.6. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Millbrook 27 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 71.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 77.5 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Millbrook 27, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 590 violent incidents a year in the 41,500-resident police area around Millbrook 27, 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.
Property crime adds about 1,210 a year and other violations 620 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Millbrook 27
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook 27 | 1,122 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| Truro | 14,652 | 95 | 104.2 | C− |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | 14,211 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | 21,578 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
Same police, same number: 2 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Millbrook 27 together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Millbrook 27
Is Millbrook 27 safe?
Millbrook 27’s Crime Severity Index is 72.9 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 14.5 violent incidents and 29.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Millbrook 27?
Top of the list is mischief (10.9 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 8.5, and theft under $5,000, at 7.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Millbrook 27?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 10%, to 69.6 from 77.5.
How much of Millbrook 27’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (53% of violent crime, 19% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Millbrook 27 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).