Photo: Cold, Indrid · CC BY-SA 2.0Kensington is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
For every 1,000 residents, 11.7 violent incidents and 26.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Weighing it all, Kensington earns C+ for safety, with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Add to that, its Crime Severity Index averaged 69.9 over 2023–2025, against 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Kensington
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kensington records 11.5 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 ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Kensington’s two halves part ways: 48.4 for violence (typical 86.4) and 79 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Higher than most of Prince Edward Island
Kensington’s index of 69.9 compares with 46.7 for the typical town in Prince Edward Island. Towns its size ↓
Less crime solved
Police cleared 26% of Kensington’s crime, weighted by seriousness (43% of violent crime, 21% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
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 Kensington’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Kensington’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Kensington runs highest on mischief (11.5 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5.3 | 2.4 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 14.3 | 6.5 | 42% |
| Mischief | 25.3 | 11.5 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 8 | 3.6 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 3 | 1.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 7 | 3.2 | 57% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
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.
Police in Kensington recorded about 26 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.
And about 59 property crimes, plus 39 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Kensington’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 75.5; 2023 was the lightest, at 64.2. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kensington | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 75.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 64.2 | 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 Kensington, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Kensington
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 2,016 | 69.9 | 48.4 | C+ |
| Kensington, Part 1 | 3,357 | — | — | — |
| Malpeque Bay | 1,351 | — | — | — |
| New London | 1,443 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Kinkora | 1,416 | — | — | — |
| Summerside | 19,006 | 118.7 | 108.2 | C− |
| Miscouche | 1,113 | — | — | — |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Kensington. New London, 7.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 46.6 to 69.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 2,208 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.”
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Kensington
Is Kensington safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Kensington’s Crime Severity Index stands at 69.9 for 2023–2025. Its police record 11.7 violent incidents and 26.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Kensington?
Mischief is the most common, at 11.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (8.6) and Criminal Code traffic offences (7.6).
Is crime going up in Kensington?
Up 9%: 64.2 in 2023, 70 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Kensington’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 43% of violent crime and 21% of everything else, 26% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
They are Kensington’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).