North Shore sees less crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 10.1 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. What’s more, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering North Shore reported put it at A− for safety. Against usual levels of 86.4 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.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Queens District detachment area).
What stands out about safety in North Shore
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, North Shore moved from 52.3 to 43.1, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Below-typical clearance
Police cleared 25% of North Shore’s crime, weighted by seriousness (36% of violent crime, 21% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Much like Prince Edward Island’s towns
North Shore’s index of 46.6 compares with 46.7 for the typical town in Prince Edward Island. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
North Shore records 7.1 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 ↓
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 North Shore’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.
North Shore’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, North Shore runs highest on mischief (7.1 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 | 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 people or more.
From 2023 to 2025, North Shore’s index dropped 18%
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (52.3); the low point came in 2025, at 43.1. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Shore | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 44.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 52.3 | 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 North Shore, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
32,800 residents, about 320 violent incidents a year: the police area North Shore 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.
And about 520 property crimes, plus 410 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 North Shore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Shore | 1,609 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| North Shore | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 86.1 | 87.1 | C |
| Crossroads | 2,366 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| East River, Part 1 | 2,657 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Stratford | 13,152 | 50 | 78.6 | B+ |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over North Shore. 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
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which North Shore is one part.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in North Shore
Is North Shore safe?
Police-reported crime in North Shore scores 46.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.1 violent incidents and 16.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in North Shore?
Most often it is mischief: 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 7 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.7.
Is crime going up in North Shore?
It went down 18% between 2023 and 2025, from 52.3 to 43.1.
How much of North Shore’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 25% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 36% of violent and 21% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers North Shore 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).