Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0For recorded crime, Three Rivers sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Police counts work out at 14.4 violent incidents and 28.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. All told, Three Rivers grades B− for safety (#8 of 10 in Prince Edward Island): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 61.6, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Three Rivers detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Three Rivers
Mischief: high for a town its size
Three Rivers records 13.7 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Up since 2023
Three Rivers’s index went from 59.8 in 2023 to 71.4 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Above Prince Edward Island’s typical town
The typical Prince Edward Island town scores 46.7; Three Rivers, 61.6. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Three Rivers comes 22nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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.
The B− for Three Rivers, and how it is built
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: #8 of 10 in Prince Edward Island and #924 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.
Three Rivers’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Three Rivers runs highest on mischief (13.7 per 1,000 against 4.9). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.3 | 20% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.3 | 34% |
| Breaking and entering | 28.7 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.7 | 1.2 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 82.3 | 5.5 | 12% |
| Mischief | 204 | 13.7 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 64 | 4.3 | 53% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.3 | 1 | 11% |
| Drug violations | 12.3 | 0.8 | 22% |
| Impaired driving | 71 | 4.8 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Three Rivers’s index climbed 19%
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 71.4 in 2025, having been lowest in 2024 at 53.7. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Three Rivers | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 53.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 59.8 | 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 Three Rivers, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Three Rivers comes 22nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Quebec | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley British Columbia | 9,803 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 20 | Qualicum Beach British Columbia | 9,640 | 51.5 | 32.6 | B+ |
| 21 | Coaldale Alberta | 9,644 | 57.1 | 45.1 | B |
| 22 | Three Rivers Prince Edward Island | 9,322 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| 23 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 9,682 | 66.6 | 81.7 | B− |
| 24 | La Salle Manitoba | 9,215 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| 25 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Quebec | 9,622 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Three Rivers in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 220 violent incidents a year across the police area of 16,600 residents that includes Three Rivers, 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 420 property crimes and 250 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 Three Rivers
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 9,322 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| Murray River, Part 1 (16 km) | 1,638 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| Vernon River (21 km) | 2,779 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Belfast (24 km) | 2,110 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| Morell (26 km) | 1,422 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| East River, Part 1 (27 km) | 2,657 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Three Rivers. Closest is Vernon River, 20.9 km away, at 46.6 to 61.6 here. Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Three Rivers with figures are 16–27 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Three Rivers is one part.
Questions about safety in Three Rivers
Is Three Rivers safe?
Police-reported crime in Three Rivers scores 61.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 14.4 violent incidents and 28 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Three Rivers?
Police record mischief most, 13.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (6).
Is crime going up in Three Rivers?
Yes: the index rose 19%, from 59.8 in 2023 to 71.4 in 2025.
How much of Three Rivers’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 31% of crime (51% of violent crime, 19% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Three Rivers 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).