What is the crime rate in Blackville?

In 2025, police reported 328 incidents in Blackville. Source: Statistics Canada police-reported data.

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Blackville crime statistics

Name: Blackville Crime Statistics 2025
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Crime data for Blackville, New Brunswick.

Updated October 26, 2026Data year 2025Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crimeFrançais

These figures are for the Blackville RCMP detachment, which polices Blackville and the rural area around it.

Police service reporting these figures: Blackville, New Brunswick, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, rural

Police-reported incidents

328

−18.0% vs previous year

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Incidents cleared

20.4%

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Crime Severity Index, Canada

75.0

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0026-01, 2025

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Police-reported incidents in Blackville, 2014 to 2025

All violations: Criminal Code, traffic and other federal laws.

Blackville

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01

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Police-reported incidents in Blackville, 2014 to 2025
Year	Incidents
2014	237
2015	231
2016	209
2017	232
2018	222
2019	334
2020	380
2021	321
2022	293
2023	350
2024	400
2025	328

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Most reported offences in Blackville, 2025

Mischief40
Fraud29
Assault, level 127
Breaking and entering26
Uttering threats22
Assault, level 2, weapon or bodily harm21
Fail to comply with order19
Criminal harassment13
Indecent/Harassing communications13
Theft $5,000 or under11

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Most reported offences in Blackville, 2025
Offence	Incidents
Mischief	40
Fraud	29
Assault, level 1	27
Breaking and entering	26
Uttering threats	22
Assault, level 2, weapon or bodily harm	21
Fail to comply with order	19
Criminal harassment	13
Indecent/Harassing communications	13
Theft $5,000 or under	11

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Types of crime in Blackville, 2025

Share of Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic.

Property crime44.9 %
Violent crime39.3 %
Other Criminal Code15.7 %

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Types of crime in Blackville, 2025
Type	Incidents	%
Property crime	137	44.9
Violent crime	120	39.3
Other Criminal Code	48	15.7

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Every reported offence

The most reported offences in Blackville, 2014 to 2025

Police-reported incidents per year.

Mischief
Fraud
Assault, level 1
Breaking and entering

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0177-01

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The most reported offences in Blackville, 2014 to 2025
Year	Mischief	Fraud	Assault, level 1	Breaking and entering
2014	38	10	32	15
2015	26	8	26	9
2016	15	16	17	9
2017	24	16	18	18
2018	26	16	15	21
2019	46	13	29	23
2020	58	15	40	37
2021	51	8	30	21
2022	45	20	25	17
2023	60	19	30	22
2024	78	9	27	29
2025	40	29	27	26

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Historical Trend by Violation

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Rates per 100,000 below use the population the police service covers (about 3,800 people), which is not the same as Blackville’s own population (914).

Police and justice

Crimes solved and people charged

Crimes solved by police

Share of reported incidents cleared by a charge or otherwise, 2025.

20%
of all incidents solved: 11.1%
of reports unfounded

Solved, by type of crime

Violent crime23%28 / 120
Property crime2%3 / 137
Other offences60%29 / 48

Police found 41 of 369 reports to be unfounded: no crime happened or was attempted.

Source: Statistics Canada, Tables 35-10-0026-01 and 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Crimes solved by police
Type	Incidents	Solved	Solved (%)
All	328	67	20.4
Violent	120	28	23.3
Property	137	3	2.2
Other	48	29	60.4

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People charged

Adults and youth (12 to 17) charged, 2014 to 2025.

65
adults charged, 2025: 1
youth charged: 0%
of youth dealt with without a charge

Charges against youth fell 89% since 2014. Youth not charged were dealt with by warnings, cautions or referrals to programs.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01

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People charged
Year	Adults charged	Youth charged
2025	65	1
2024	93	0
2023	89	4
2022	62	3
2021	81	3
2020	109	1
2019	121	5
2018	115	0
2017	98	6
2016	139	4
2015	103	6
2014	99	9

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Violent crime

Assaults, sexual offences, homicide, hate crimes

Violent crime

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

120
incidents, 2025: 3,180
per 100,000: ↑ 2.2%
vs 2024

Blackville
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Assault, level 12723%
Uttering threats2218%
Assault, level 22118%
Criminal harassment1311%
Aggravated assault65%
Sexual assault, level 143%
Other violent offences2622%

The rate in Blackville is 2.2 times the Canada rate (1,443); New Brunswick: 1,815.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Violent crime
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	120	3,180.5	1,443.3
2024	116	3,111.6	1,447.8
2023	115	2,542.6	1,441.8
2022	93	2,041.3	1,376.9
2021	95	2,115.8	1,331.1
2020	134	2,991.1	1,265.0
2019	109	2,423.8	1,278.5
2018	82	1,810.2	1,151.4
2017	80	1,750.6	1,112.7
2016	75	1,622.0	1,076.0
2015	99	2,136.4	1,070.3
2014	77	1,631.4	1,044.2

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Property crime

Theft, break-ins, vehicles, mischief

Property crime

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

137
incidents, 2025: 3,631
per 100,000: ↓ 30.2%
vs 2024

Blackville
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Mischief4029%
Break and enter2619%
Theft under $5,000118%
Motor vehicle theft107%
Theft over $5,00022%
Arson22%
Fraud and other4634%

The rate in Blackville is 16% above Canada (3,141); New Brunswick: 3,300.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Property crime
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	137	3,631.1	3,140.6
2024	194	5,203.9	3,264.6
2023	150	3,316.4	3,409.6
2022	124	2,721.7	3,325.0
2021	114	2,539.0	3,052.5
2020	147	3,281.3	3,084.8
2019	122	2,712.9	3,509.4
2018	89	1,964.7	3,347.7
2017	79	1,728.7	3,265.3
2016	66	1,427.3	3,238.5
2015	61	1,316.4	3,231.4
2014	98	2,076.3	3,099.5

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Motor vehicle theft

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

10
vehicles stolen, 2025: 265
per 100,000: 0%
solved

Blackville
Canada

Peak: 805 per 100,000 in 2024. The rate in Blackville is 32% above Canada (201); New Brunswick: 253.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Motor vehicle theft
Year	Vehicles stolen	Rate per 100,000	Solved (%)	Canada rate
2025	10	265.0	0	200.8
2024	30	804.7	10	240.2
2023	12	265.3	0	287.3
2022	17	373.1	11.8	272.0
2021	9	200.5	0	218.1
2020	8	178.6	0	205.6
2019	8	177.9	0	231.4
2018	2	44.2	0	232.5
2017	2	43.8	0	232.9
2016	8	173.0	37.5	218.9
2015	2	43.2	0	220.7
2014	5	105.9	40	208.8

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Break and enter

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

26
incidents, 2025: 689
per 100,000

Blackville
Canada

The rate in Blackville is 2.6 times the Canada rate (264); New Brunswick: 396.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Break and enter
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	26	689.1	263.5
2024	29	777.9	294.6
2023	23	508.5	327.8
2022	17	373.1	342.4
2021	21	467.7	329.3
2020	37	825.9	363.1
2019	23	511.5	429.4
2018	22	485.7	432.5
2017	18	393.9	436.8
2016	9	194.6	443.7
2015	10	215.8	447.1
2014	15	317.8	429.4

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Fraud and cybercrime

Fraud and identity crime

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

39
incidents, 2025: 1,034
per 100,000

Blackville
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Fraud2974%
Identity fraud821%
Identity theft25%

The rate in Blackville is 2.1 times the Canada rate (492); New Brunswick: 520.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Fraud and identity crime
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	39	1,033.7	492.4
2024	17	456.0	511.0
2023	26	574.9	505.6
2022	27	592.6	462.4
2021	14	311.8	442.8
2020	20	446.4	442.8
2019	16	355.8	443.2
2018	16	353.2	403.7
2017	20	437.6	357.9
2016	21	454.2	351.1
2015	9	194.2	304.9
2014	11	233.1	265.5

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Drugs, weapons and driving

Impaired driving

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

10
incidents, 2025: 265
per 100,000

Blackville
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Impaired by alcohol990%
Drugs and other110%

The rate in Blackville is 64% above Canada (162); New Brunswick: 241.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0178-01, 2025

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Impaired driving
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	10	265.0	161.8
2024	12	321.9	165.9
2023	20	442.2	179.1
2022	7	153.6	181.6
2021	24	534.5	187.8
2020	23	513.4	204.7
2019	18	400.3	228.1
2018	14	309.1	191.1
2017	10	218.8	189.1
2016	5	108.1	197.5
2015	16	345.3	201.3
2014	7	148.3	210.5

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Community profile

2021 Census of Population, Blackville, Village (VL).

914
population
-4.6%
growth 2016–2021
49.2
median age
$71,500
median household income
22.3%
unemployment
12.8%
low income
$580
avg. monthly rent

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021

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Community profile
Census figure	Value
Median Age	49.2
Population Change (2016–2021)	-4.6%
Low Income Prevalence (LIM-AT)	12.8%
Median Household Income	$71,500
Employment Rate	48.0%
Unemployment Rate	22.3%
Avg. Monthly Rent	$580
Median Dwelling Value	$120,000