Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5Per resident, Clyde River records more crime than 96% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Clyde River reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety. Violence accounts for an index of 512.3 and other offences for 203.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Its police logs show 111.1 violent incidents and 168.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers 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. Measured across the Clyde River detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Clyde River
Mischief: high for a town its size
Clyde River records 152.5 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 ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Clyde River ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 64% of violent crime and 47% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 512.3 on Clyde River’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 203.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Clyde River’s D− for safety
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 Clyde River’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Clyde River runs highest on mischief (152.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (66.5 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (4.7 per 1,000 against 0.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 2.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 3.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 1.8 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6 | 4.6 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3 | 2.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 4 | 3.1 | — |
| Mischief | 196.7 | 152.5 | 53% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 2.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 14 | 10.8 | 71% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3 | 2.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.7 | 2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 12.3 | 9.5 | 38% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
About 140 violent incidents a year across the police area of 1,320 residents that includes Clyde River, 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 220 property crimes and 140 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Clyde River’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 318 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 253.4 in 2025. 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 | Clyde River | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 253.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 318 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 298 | 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 Clyde River, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Clyde River’s are shared with its surroundings.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. 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.
- 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.
- A small police area. With roughly 1,319 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Clyde River
Is Clyde River safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 289.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Clyde River stands, with 111.1 violent and 168 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Clyde River?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 152.5, other Criminal Code offences at 92.9 and assault at 66.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Clyde River?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 298 to 253.4. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Clyde River’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 56% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 64% of violent and 47% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Clyde River and everywhere else it polices.
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).