What is the crime rate in Shediac?

In 2025, police reported 1,744 incidents in Shediac. Source: Statistics Canada police-reported data.

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Shediac crime statistics

Name: Shediac Crime Statistics 2025
Creator: Statistics Canada
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Crime data for Shediac, New Brunswick.

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

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

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

Police-reported incidents

1,744

+3.3% vs previous year

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

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Incidents cleared

21.3%

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 Shediac, 2014 to 2025

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

Shediac

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

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Police-reported incidents in Shediac, 2014 to 2025
Year	Incidents
2014	850
2015	997
2016	910
2017	921
2018	1,168
2019	1,304
2020	1,391
2021	1,479
2022	1,363
2023	1,575
2024	1,689
2025	1,744

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Most reported offences in Shediac, 2025

Mischief196
Shoplifting $5,000 or under117
Fraud115
Breaking and entering114
Disturb the peace109
Theft $5,000 or under107
Assault, level 1103
Dangerous operation of motor vehicle evading police70
Uttering threats66
Theft $5,000 or under from a motor vehicle65

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

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Most reported offences in Shediac, 2025
Offence	Incidents
Mischief	196
Shoplifting $5,000 or under	117
Fraud	115
Breaking and entering	114
Disturb the peace	109
Theft $5,000 or under	107
Assault, level 1	103
Dangerous operation of motor vehicle evading police	70
Uttering threats	66
Theft $5,000 or under from a motor vehicle	65

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Types of crime in Shediac, 2025

Share of Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic.

Property crime62.6 %
Violent crime23.9 %
Other Criminal Code13.6 %

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

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Types of crime in Shediac, 2025
Type	Incidents	%
Property crime	973	62.6
Violent crime	371	23.9
Other Criminal Code	211	13.6

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The most reported offences in Shediac, 2014 to 2025

Police-reported incidents per year.

Mischief
Shoplifting $5,000 or under
Fraud
Breaking and entering

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

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The most reported offences in Shediac, 2014 to 2025
Year	Mischief	Shoplifting $5,000 or under	Fraud	Breaking and entering
2014	121	17	24	57
2015	136	21	49	152
2016	117	22	38	81
2017	108	37	75	64
2018	156	13	102	76
2019	203	35	85	83
2020	216	26	139	99
2021	215	35	144	84
2022	151	33	125	61
2023	182	40	97	89
2024	203	106	107	110
2025	196	117	115	114

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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 30,400 people), which is not the same as Shediac’s own population (7,535).

Police and justice

Crimes solved and people charged

Crimes solved by police

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

21%
of all incidents solved: 8.3%
of reports unfounded

Solved, by type of crime

Violent crime37%137 / 371
Property crime13%122 / 973
Other offences27%58 / 211

Police found 158 of 1,902 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	1,744	371	21.3
Violent	371	137	36.9
Property	973	122	12.5
Other	211	58	27.5

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People charged

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

291
adults charged, 2025: 11
youth charged: 27%
of youth dealt with without a charge

Charges against youth rose 83% 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	291	11
2024	328	19
2023	290	18
2022	262	12
2021	273	11
2020	260	12
2019	372	15
2018	367	18
2017	324	9
2016	303	7
2015	247	9
2014	256	6

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Violent crime

Assaults, sexual offences, homicide, hate crimes

Violent crime

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

371
incidents, 2025: 1,219
per 100,000: ↓ 8.6%
vs 2024

Shediac
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Assault, level 110328%
Uttering threats6618%
Criminal harassment4412%
Assault, level 24011%
Sexual assault, level 1205%
Robbery72%
Aggravated assault41%
Other violent offences8724%

The rate in Shediac is 16% below Canada (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	371	1,219.5	1,443.3
2024	397	1,334.1	1,447.8
2023	403	1,449.9	1,441.8
2022	337	1,274.0	1,376.9
2021	357	1,404.4	1,331.1
2020	283	1,136	1,265.0
2019	244	998.5	1,278.5
2018	239	989.6	1,151.4
2017	161	756.5	1,112.7
2016	185	880.9	1,076.0
2015	149	716.7	1,070.3
2014	165	800.2	1,044.2

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Sexual offences

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

28
incidents, 2025: 92
per 100,000

Shediac
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Sexual assault, level 12071%
Offences against children518%
Voyeurism27%
Sexual assault, level 214%

The rate in Shediac is 31% below Canada (133); New Brunswick: 159.

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

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Sexual offences
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	28	92.0	133.4
2024	27	90.7	134.9
2023	28	100.7	133.3
2022	23	87.0	134.2
2021	33	129.8	132.6
2020	21	84.3	113.1
2019	16	65.5	118.5
2018	19	78.7	107.7
2017	18	84.6	97.0
2016	17	80.9	84.4
2015	12	57.7	76.6
2014	12	58.2	73.1

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Property crime

Theft, break-ins, vehicles, mischief

Property crime

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

973
incidents, 2025: 3,198
per 100,000: ↑ 1.9%
vs 2024

Shediac
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Theft under $5,00028930%
Mischief19620%
Motor vehicle theft12112%
Break and enter11512%
Theft over $5,000152%
Arson152%
Fraud and other22123%

The rate in Shediac is about the same as 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	973	3,198.2	3,140.6
2024	934	3,138.8	3,264.6
2023	816	2,935.7	3,409.6
2022	715	2,702.9	3,325.0
2021	753	2,962.2	3,052.5
2020	696	2,793.8	3,084.8
2019	601	2,459.3	3,509.4
2018	554	2,293.9	3,347.7
2017	445	2,090.9	3,265.3
2016	431	2,052.2	3,238.5
2015	598	2,876.5	3,231.4
2014	449	2,177.4	3,099.5

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Motor vehicle theft

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

121
vehicles stolen, 2025: 398
per 100,000: 6%
solved

Shediac
Canada

The rate in Shediac is 98% 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	121	397.7	5.8	200.8
2024	113	379.7	6.2	240.2
2023	85	305.8	10.6	287.3
2022	75	283.5	4	272.0
2021	50	196.7	16	218.1
2020	43	172.6	14	205.6
2019	31	126.9	22.6	231.4
2018	40	165.6	17.5	232.5
2017	42	197.3	7.1	232.9
2016	26	123.8	3.8	218.9
2015	37	178.0	10.8	220.7
2014	48	232.8	16.7	208.8

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Break and enter

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

115
incidents, 2025: 378
per 100,000: ↑ 2.3%
vs 2024

Shediac
Canada

The rate in Shediac is 43% above Canada (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	115	378	263.5
2024	110	369.7	294.6
2023	89	320.2	327.8
2022	61	230.6	342.4
2021	84	330.5	329.3
2020	100	401.4	363.1
2019	83	339.6	429.4
2018	76	314.7	432.5
2017	66	310.1	436.8
2016	84	400.0	443.7
2015	156	750.4	447.1
2014	57	276.4	429.4

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Fraud and cybercrime

Fraud and identity crime

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

145
incidents, 2025: 477
per 100,000: ↓ 7.3%
vs 2024

Shediac
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Fraud11579%
Identity fraud2014%
Identity theft107%

The rate in Shediac is 3% below Canada (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	145	476.6	492.4
2024	153	514.2	511.0
2023	162	582.8	505.6
2022	164	620.0	462.4
2021	176	692.4	442.8
2020	163	654.3	442.8
2019	94	384.6	443.2
2018	108	447.2	403.7
2017	79	371.2	357.9
2016	46	219.0	351.1
2015	54	259.8	304.9
2014	25	121.2	265.5

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Drugs, weapons and driving

Drug offences

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

15
incidents, 2025: 49
per 100,000

Shediac
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Other drug trafficking533%
Cocaine trafficking320%
Possession and other747%

The rate in Shediac is 66% below Canada (144); New Brunswick: 128.

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

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Drug offences
Year	Incidents	Rate per 100,000	Canada rate
2025	15	49.3	143.6
2024	31	104.2	129.8
2023	26	93.5	113.2
2022	30	113.4	137.1
2021	42	165.2	163.2
2020	51	204.7	177.5
2019	44	180.1	185.9
2018	79	327.1	229.1
2017	79	371.2	254.4
2016	57	271.4	267.3
2015	62	298.2	279.6
2014	52	252.2	294.9

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Impaired driving

Rate per 100,000 people, 2014 to 2025.

75
incidents, 2025: 247
per 100,000: ↑ 6.3%
vs 2024

Shediac
Canada

Share of incidents, 2025

Impaired by alcohol5877%
Causing bodily harm11%
Drugs and other1621%

The rate in Shediac is 52% 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	75	246.5	161.8
2024	69	231.9	165.9
2023	84	302.2	179.1
2022	77	291.1	181.6
2021	81	318.7	187.8
2020	125	501.8	204.7
2019	147	601.5	228.1
2018	75	310.6	191.1
2017	63	296.0	189.1
2016	71	338.1	197.5
2015	43	206.8	201.3
2014	62	300.7	210.5

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Community profile

2021 Census of Population, Shediac, Town (TV).

7,535
population
13.1%
growth 2016–2021
52.8
median age
$67,000
median household income
10.1%
unemployment
12.7%
low income
$911
avg. monthly rent

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021

Data

Community profile
Census figure	Value
Median Age	52.8
Population Change (2016–2021)	13.1%
Low Income Prevalence (LIM-AT)	12.7%
Median Household Income	$67,000
Employment Rate	50.9%
Unemployment Rate	10.1%
Avg. Monthly Rent	$911
Median Dwelling Value	$248,000

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Offences with few reports in Shediac

Fewer than 10 incidents in the year: too few for a reliable trend or rate.

Offence	2025	2024
Weapons offences	6	7

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

Shediac

New Brunswick, Canada

Population

7,535

Established

1914

Wikipedia

About Shediac

Shediac is a town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fishing. At the western entrance to the town is a 90-ton sculpture called The World's Largest Lobster. It is believed that chiac, a well-known Acadian French patois, was named after Shediac.