Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Charlottetown than in 72% of Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 86.1 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. On top of that, on the record of crime the police covering Charlottetown reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C for safety: #1,785 of 2,572 Canadian towns. Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Per 1,000 residents a year, 19.9 violent incidents and 41.7 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 30.5 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.
What stands out about safety in Charlottetown
Over the Prince Edward Island norm
Within Prince Edward Island, the median town comes to 46.7 on the index, against 86.1 in Charlottetown. Towns its size ↓
Theft under $5,000: high for a town its size
Charlottetown records 22.9 incidents of theft under $5,000 per 1,000 residents a year, against 11.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Charlottetown stands 31st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Charlottetown’s two halves part ways: 87.1 for violence (typical 89.4) and 86.5 for the rest (typical 56). 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 Charlottetown’s C 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.
Its place: #1,785 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Charlottetown’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Charlottetown runs highest on theft under $5,000 (22.9 per 1,000 against 11.8), mischief (6.9 per 1,000 against 3.7) and break and enter (3.2 per 1,000 against 2.2). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12.3 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 16.3 | 0.4 | 72% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 15.3 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 146.7 | 3.2 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 29 | 0.6 | 63% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 34 | 0.7 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 25.7 | 0.5 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 1,066 | 22.9 | 19% |
| Mischief | 318.3 | 6.9 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 26.3 | 0.6 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 277.7 | 5.9 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 94.3 | 2 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 36.3 | 0.8 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 333 | 7.1 | 28% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.09 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Charlottetown’s index fell 13% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 92.4, against a low of 80.1 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Charlottetown | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 85.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 92.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Charlottetown, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Charlottetown stands 31st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Côte-Saint-Luc Quebec | 37,901 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Spruce Grove Alberta | 44,575 | 81.6 | 76.3 | C |
| 30 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 82.8 | 70.5 | C |
| 31 | Charlottetown Prince Edward Island | 48,118 | 86.1 | 87.1 | C |
| 32 | Orillia Ontario | 37,735 | 98.5 | 146.3 | C− |
| 33 | Cornwall Ontario | 54,346 | 104.5 | 126.4 | C− |
| 34 | Mission British Columbia | 47,280 | 114.1 | 134.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Charlottetown in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 930 violent incidents a year reached Charlottetown’s police, 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 1,940 property crimes, plus 1,200 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 Charlottetown
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 86.1 | 87.1 | C |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 46.9 | 58 | B+ |
| Stratford | 13,152 | 50 | 78.6 | B+ |
| Crossroads | 2,366 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| North Shore | 1,609 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| North Shore | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Charlottetown. Cornwall, 5.4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 46.9 to 86.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Charlottetown
Is Charlottetown safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Charlottetown comes to 86.1. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 19.9 violent incidents and 41.7 property crimes. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Charlottetown?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 22.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 16.5 and assault at 8.5.
Is crime going up in Charlottetown?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 13%, to 80.1 from 92.4.
How much of Charlottetown’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 35% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 50% of violent crime and 28% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Charlottetown and nowhere else.
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).