Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in New Glasgow runs lower than in 75% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of A− follows from crime the police covering New Glasgow reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #1 of 10 in Prince Edward Island. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. What’s more, each year brought 10.1 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Its violent half comes to 50.7 and its non-violent half to 45.3, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Queens District detachment area.
What stands out about safety in New Glasgow
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and New Glasgow stands 12th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
From 52.3 in 2023 to 43.1 in 2025: that is New Glasgow’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
A low clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 25% of crime in New Glasgow 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 ↓
Close to Prince Edward Island’s typical town
Within Prince Edward Island, the median town comes to 46.7 on the index, against 46.6 in New Glasgow. 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 New Glasgow’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 New Glasgow’s figures
Against the typical town its size, New Glasgow runs highest on mischief (7.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter 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.
In New Glasgow, down 18% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (52.3); the low point came in 2025, at 43.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | New Glasgow | 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 New Glasgow, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
New Glasgow comes 12th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Boniface Quebec | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | New Glasgow Prince Edward Island | 5,502 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 13 | Gananoque Ontario | 5,568 | 47.6 | 61.3 | B+ |
| 14 | Cookshire-Eaton Quebec | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 15 | Wingham Ontario | 5,411 | 52.3 | 65.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 New Glasgow in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
32,800 residents, about 320 violent incidents a year: the police area New Glasgow belongs to, 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 520 property crimes and 410 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 New Glasgow
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Glasgow | 5,502 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Kingston | 1,308 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| North Shore | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 46.9 | 58 | B+ |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 86.1 | 87.1 | C |
| New London | 1,443 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
New Glasgow has the lowest index of the places around it. 4 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: New Glasgow together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in New Glasgow
Is New Glasgow safe?
New Glasgow 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 New Glasgow?
Top of the list is mischief (7.1 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 7, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4.7, follow.
Is crime going up in New Glasgow?
It went down 18% between 2023 and 2025, from 52.3 to 43.1.
How much of New Glasgow’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 25% of crime (36% of violent crime, 21% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for New Glasgow 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).