Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainEast River, Part 1 sees less crime per resident than 75% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering East River, Part 1 reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A− for safety: #1 of 10 in Prince Edward Island. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 50.7 and 45.3. Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. Annual rates stand at 10.1 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Queens District detachment area.
What stands out about safety in East River, Part 1
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, East River, Part 1 is 11th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
In 2023 the index in East River, Part 1 stood at 52.3, by 2025 at 43.1. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Less crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 25% of crime in East River, Part 1 ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 36% of violent crime and 21% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
About the Prince Edward Island norm
Set among Prince Edward Island’s towns, whose median is 46.7, East River, Part 1 scores 46.6. 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 East River, Part 1’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: #1 of 10 in Prince Edward Island and #432 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.
Which crimes make up East River, Part 1’s figures
Against the typical town its size, East River, Part 1 runs highest on mischief (7.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 14.7 | 0.5 | 34% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.7 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.2 | 18% |
| Breaking and entering | 41 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 0.2 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 24 | 0.8 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 105.7 | 3.3 | 9% |
| Mischief | 227.7 | 7.1 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 97.7 | 3 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 31.7 | 1 | 6% |
| Drug violations | 27.3 | 0.8 | 28% |
| Impaired driving | 117.7 | 3.7 | 50% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.03 | — |
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 East River, Part 1: down 18%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 52.3 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 43.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | East River, Part 1 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 44.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 52.3 | 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 East River, Part 1, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
East River, Part 1 comes 11th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Sainte-Croix Quebec | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 9 | Waterville Quebec | 2,643 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Quebec | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 11 | East River, Part 1 Prince Edward Island | 2,657 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 12 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Bonaventure Quebec | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Martin Quebec | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 East River, Part 1 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area East River, Part 1 is part of, 32,800 residents, recorded about 320 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.
Property crime adds about 520 a year and other violations 410 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around East River, Part 1
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East River, Part 1 | 2,657 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Vernon River | 2,779 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| North Shore | 1,609 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Crossroads | 2,366 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| North Shore | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Morell | 1,422 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| Stratford | 13,152 | 50 | 78.6 | B+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than East River, Part 1. Sharing its police with 4 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What the index measures. 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 detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which East River, Part 1 is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
Questions about safety in East River, Part 1
Is East River, Part 1 safe?
East River, Part 1 measures 46.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.1 violent incidents and 16.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in East River, Part 1?
Mischief is the most common, at 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (7) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.7).
Is crime going up in East River, Part 1?
No: the index fell 18%, from 52.3 in 2023 to 43.1 in 2025.
How much of East River, Part 1’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 25%: 36% for violent crime and 21% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers East River, Part 1 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).