Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Stewiacke runs higher than in 61% of Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 14.5 violent incidents and 29.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 100.8 and 62.3. Its letter for safety is C+, worked out from crime the police covering Stewiacke reported over 2023 to 2025. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 77.5 to 69.6.
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 Colchester County detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Stewiacke
Mischief: high for a town its size
Stewiacke 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
Within Nova Scotia, the median town comes to 71.4 on the index, against 72.9 in Stewiacke. 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.
The C+ for Stewiacke, and how it is built
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.
Stewiacke’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Stewiacke 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.
Stewiacke, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 77.5, against a low of 69.6 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 | Stewiacke | 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 Stewiacke, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Stewiacke is part of, 41,500 residents, recorded about 590 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 1,210 property crimes and 620 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Stewiacke
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewiacke | 1,786 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C (20 km) | 14,211 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| Millbrook 27 (22 km) | 1,122 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| Enfield (23 km) | 26,960 | 55.1 | 63.4 | B |
| Truro (25 km) | 14,652 | 95 | 104.2 | C− |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Stewiacke. Closest is Enfield, 22.6 km away, at 55.1 to 72.9 here. 2 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 20–25 km from Stewiacke.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Stewiacke together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Stewiacke
Is Stewiacke safe?
Police-reported crime in Stewiacke scores 72.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 14.5 violent incidents and 29.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Stewiacke?
Police record mischief most, 10.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (8.5) and theft under $5,000 (7.9).
Is crime going up in Stewiacke?
No: the index fell 10%, from 77.5 in 2023 to 69.6 in 2025.
How much of Stewiacke’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 33% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 53% of violent crime and 19% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Stewiacke 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).