Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Richmond County, Subdivision A is close to typical for Canadian towns
In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Richmond County, Subdivision A at B− (#9 of 88 in Nova Scotia): close to the middle of Canadian towns. On top of that, its police logs show 19.3 violent incidents and 24.4 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. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 65.2 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Richmond County detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Richmond County, Subdivision A
Mischief: high for a town its size
Richmond County, Subdivision A records 11.6 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
From 62.9 in 2023 to 52.7 in 2025: that is Richmond County, Subdivision A’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
Counting up from the lowest index, Richmond County, Subdivision A is 22nd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Much like Nova Scotia’s towns
Set among Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median is 71.4, Richmond County, Subdivision A scores 65.2. 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 Richmond County, Subdivision A’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: #9 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #1,008 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.
Richmond County, Subdivision A’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Richmond County, Subdivision A runs highest on mischief (11.6 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 17.3 | 1.8 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9.3 | 1 | 25% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 36.7 | 3.7 | 24% |
| Mischief | 114.7 | 11.6 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 44.7 | 4.5 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Drug violations | 6.3 | 0.6 | 5% |
| Impaired driving | 37 | 3.8 | 43% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
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.
Year by year in Richmond County, Subdivision A: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 80.1, with 2025 the lightest at 52.7. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Richmond County, Subdivision A | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 80.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 62.9 | 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 Richmond County, Subdivision A, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Richmond County, Subdivision A comes 22nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 20 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,169 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| 21 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| 22 | Richmond County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 4,305 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| 23 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| 24 | Grand Forks British Columbia | 4,308 | 67.5 | 73.9 | B− |
| 25 | Crabtree Quebec | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Victoria County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 4,258 | 82.8 | 120.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Stellarton Nova Scotia | 4,251 | 116.6 | 97.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Richmond County, Subdivision A in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 190 violent incidents a year in the 10,000-resident police area around Richmond County, Subdivision A, 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 240 property crimes, plus 160 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 Richmond County, Subdivision A
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision A | 4,305 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Richmond County, Subdivision C | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Richmond County, Subdivision B | 1,853 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Richmond County, Subdivision A’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Richmond County, Subdivision A
Is Richmond County, Subdivision A safe?
The short answer is an index of 65.2 for Richmond County, Subdivision A (2023–2025), built from 19.3 violent incidents and 24.4 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. 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 Richmond County, Subdivision A?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 11.6, other Criminal Code offences at 10.4 and assault at 5.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Richmond County, Subdivision A?
Down 16%: 62.9 in 2023, 52.7 in 2025.
How much of Richmond County, Subdivision A’s crime do police solve?
About 29% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 43% of violent and 20% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Richmond County, Subdivision A 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).