Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Richmond County, Subdivision C is close to typical for Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 65.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. By contrast, the overall Safety Grade is B− (#9 of 88 in Nova Scotia), which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 19.3 violent incidents and 24.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Richmond County detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Richmond County, Subdivision C
Mischief: high for a town its size
Richmond County, Subdivision C 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 ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Richmond County, Subdivision C is 17th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in Richmond County, Subdivision C stood at 62.9, by 2025 at 52.7. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Much like Nova Scotia’s towns
Set among Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median is 71.4, Richmond County, Subdivision C 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 C’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.
What police record in Richmond County, Subdivision C, by type
Against the typical town its size, Richmond County, Subdivision C 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 C: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 80.1; 2025 was the lightest, at 52.7. 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 | Richmond County, Subdivision C | 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 C, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Richmond County, Subdivision C stands 17th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 15 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 16 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| 17 | Richmond County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| 18 | Lewisporte Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| 19 | Channel-Port aux Basques Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,379 | 66.8 | 62.8 | B− |
| 20 | Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia | 3,442 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,401 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 C in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
10,000 residents, about 190 violent incidents a year: the police area Richmond County, Subdivision C belongs to, 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 C
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County, Subdivision C | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Richmond County, Subdivision A (15 km) | 4,305 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Richmond County, Subdivision B (23 km) | 1,853 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| Port Hawkesbury (31 km) | 3,442 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| Guysborough (40 km) | 4,721 | 52.9 | 57 | B+ |
| Inverness County, Subdivision C (43 km) | 3,314 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Richmond County, Subdivision C. The nearest of them, Guysborough (39.8 km away), scores 52.9 against 65.2. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Richmond County, Subdivision C with figures are 15–43 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Richmond County, Subdivision C is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
Questions about safety in Richmond County, Subdivision C
Is Richmond County, Subdivision C safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Richmond County, Subdivision C comes to 65.2. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 19.3 violent incidents and 24.4 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Richmond County, Subdivision C?
Mischief is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (10.4) and assault (5.7).
Is crime going up in Richmond County, Subdivision C?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 16%, to 52.7 from 62.9.
How much of Richmond County, Subdivision C’s crime do police solve?
29%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 43% and non-violent crime at 20%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Richmond County, Subdivision C 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).