Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRichmond County, Subdivision B sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 65.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 67.2. Richmond County, Subdivision B’s overall Safety Grade is B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 19.3 violent incidents and 24.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2.
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: the Richmond County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Richmond County, Subdivision B
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Richmond County, Subdivision B, yet 39% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Richmond County, Subdivision B records 11.6 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 ↓
Easing since 2023
Richmond County, Subdivision B’s index went from 62.9 in 2023 to 52.7 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
About the Nova Scotia norm
Richmond County, Subdivision B’s index of 65.2 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 Richmond County, Subdivision B’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Richmond County, Subdivision B’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Richmond County, Subdivision B runs highest on mischief (11.6 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault 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 people or more.
Year by year in Richmond County, Subdivision B: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 80.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 52.7 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Richmond County, Subdivision B | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 80.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 62.9 | 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 Richmond County, Subdivision B, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 190 violent incidents a year across the police area of 10,000 residents that includes Richmond County, Subdivision B, 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 B
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision B | 1,853 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Richmond County, Subdivision A (19 km) | 4,305 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Richmond County, Subdivision C (23 km) | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Port Hawkesbury (48 km) | 3,442 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 19–48 km from Richmond County, Subdivision B.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Richmond County, Subdivision B is one part.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Richmond County, Subdivision B
Is Richmond County, Subdivision B safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Richmond County, Subdivision B’s Crime Severity Index stands at 65.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 19.3 violent incidents and 24.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Richmond County, Subdivision B?
Police record mischief most, 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (10.4) and assault (5.7).
Is crime going up in Richmond County, Subdivision B?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 16%, to 52.7 from 62.9.
How much of Richmond County, Subdivision B’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 29% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 43% of violent and 20% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Richmond County, Subdivision B 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).