Safety and Protection

AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Safety and Protection Safety and Protection The highest operating costs for safety services tend to be found in the larger municipalities. There are exceptions, however. Some smaller communities such as Stanley, Paquetville, and Millville report relatively high per capita operating costs for fire and/or police services. It also is interesting that certain communities rank high on the fire operating costs and low on the police operating costs, while other communities show the opposite mix. For example, Millville has a low police operating cost per capita figure in the province, yet it is among the ten highest for fire operating costs. Saint-François-de-Madawaska display similar trends. In contrast, Beresford, Caraquet, Grand Falls, McAdam, Nigadoo, and Sackville record relatively low fire operating costs per capita but relatively high operating costs per capita for police services. Turning to the two effectiveness measure for safety services – monetary loss due to fire per million dollars of property tax assessment base and crime rate per 1000 population – there again is a large degree of variation across municipalities. Of the 94 municipalities with reported values for the fire loss statistic, only seven have figures greater than $5000 in losses per million dollars of assessment base. In these cases, it is possible that a single fire event – e.g., the loss of one substantial business – could have had a heavy influence on the calculation. As for the crime rate statistic, data are available for only 25 municipalities and in some cases the data are available only at a regional level. For example, the Metro Moncton area (Moncton, Dieppe, and Riverview) is served collectively by the Codiac Regional RCMP community police force and as such crime rate statistics are available only for that combined entity. In the absence of municipality- specific data, we assume that the reported regional rate applies to each of the three constituent municipalities. Similarly, the BNPP Regional Police serves Beresford, Nigadoo, Petit-Richer, and Pointe-Verte, and again we assume that the reported regional crime statistic applies equally to each of these four municipalities. Of the 25 communities for which data are available, most report a figure in the range of approximately 50 to 100 crimes annually per thousand persons of population. Cap-Pelé and Rothesay stand out for their relatively low rates of 19.4 and 28.8, respectively, while at the other end of the rankings, Bouctouche and Richibucto are noteworthy with respective figures of 139.1 and 248.0. Page 1 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Safety and Protection Rank Operating Costs for Rank Total Monetary Loss due Rank Operating Costs for (Out of Crime Rate Per Fire Services Per (Out of to Fire per Million Dollars (Out of Police Services Per 102, 1000 Population, Rank (Out Dwelling, Average 102, Low- of Property Tax of 93, Low- Capita, Average Low-To- Average 2005- of 25, Low- Municipalities 2005-2007 To-High) Assessment Base 2005 To-High) 2005-2007 High) 2006 To-High) Alma $85 43 $1,703 78 $92 9 Aroostook $88 45 $105 43 Atholville $176 78 $100 27 Baker Brook $199 82 $0 1 $109 51 Balmoral $35 5 $0 1 $104 40 Bas-Caraquet $55 20 $38 43 $110 55 Bath $159 69 $6,154 91 $111 56 Bathurst $250 91 $0 1 $262 100 94.3 17 Belledune $212 85 $0 1 $266 102 Beresford $38 7 $85 48 $183 81 51.5 6 Bertrand $53 18 $0 1 $103 39 Blacks Harbour $253 92 $0 1 $191 85 Blackville $55 21 $4,976 88 $179 80 Bouctouche $60 27 $847 72 $117 62 139.1 24 Bristol $140 64 $79 47 $101 31 Cambridge-Narrows $22 2 $0 1 $87 3 Campbellton $155 67 $428 65 $249 99 94.7 18 Canterbury $192 79 $0 1 $106 45 Cap-Pelé $97 51 $552 70 $117 60 19.4 1 Caraquet $59 25 $190 55 $191 84 Centreville $127 58 $2,889 86 $98 18 Charlo $83 42 $0 1 $101 29 Chipman $134 61 $106 46 Clair $164 73 $0 1 $97 17 Dalhousie $326 95 $1,320 75 $189 83 Dieppe $229 89 $122 50 $132 67 100.6 20 Doaktown $70 35 $0 1 $103 38 Dorchester $149 65 $0 1 $82 1 Drummond $229 88 $9,959 94 $106 47 Page 2 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Safety and Protection Rank Operating Costs for Rank Monetary Loss due to Rank Operating Costs for (Out of Crime Rate Per Fire Services Per (Out of Fire per Million Dollars of (Out of Police Services Per 102, 1000 Population, Rank (Out Dwelling, Average 102, Low- Property Tax of 93, Low- Capita, Average Low-To- Average 2005- of 25, Low- Municipalities 2005-2007 To-High) Assessment Base 2005 To-High) 2005-2007 High) 2006 To-High) Edmundston $164 74 $160 53 $198 89 48.4 5 Eel River Crossing $40 10 $0 1 $109 53 Florenceville $157 68 $0 1 $85 2 Fredericton $335 97 $132 52 $193 86 79.7 12 Fredericton Junction $214 86 $0 1 $93 11 Gagetown $140 63 $0 1 $91 6 Grand-Anse $81 41 $0 1 $108 49 Grand Bay-Westfield $152 66 $270 61 $111 57 Grand Falls/Grand Sault $61 28 $62 44 $244 97 78.2 11 Grand Manan $72 38 $0 1 $102 34 Hampton $49 16 $105 49 $117 59 80.0 13 Hartland $167 75 $552 69 $197 88 Harvey $78 40 $0 1 $95 14 Hillsborough $65 31 $2,346 83 $95 15 Kedgwick $135 62 $2,188 81 $99 23 Lac-Baker $286 93 $0 1 $118 63 Lamèque $161 70 $452 66 $106 48 Le Goulet $39 9 $100 26 Maisonnette $110 55 $2,681 85 $97 16 McAdam $65 30 $0 1 $203 90 44.5 3 Meductic $321 94 $0 1 $117 58 Memramcook $62 29 $2,657 84 $98 21 Millville $453 100 $0 1 $101 28 Minto $97 53 $6,309 92 $136 69 Miramichi $161 72 $473 67 $218 91 85.3 15 Moncton $327 96 $233 60 $243 96 100.6 20 Nackawic $244 90 $293 62 $223 93 Neguac $50 17 $216 58 $168 77 New Maryland $123 56 $0 1 $108 50 Page 3 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Safety and Protection Rank Operating Costs for Rank Monetary Loss due to Rank Operating Costs for (Out of Crime Rate Per Fire Services Per (Out of Fire per Million Dollars of (Out of Police Services Per 102, 1000 Population, Rank (Out Dwelling, Average 102, Low- Property Tax of 93, Low- Capita, Average Low-To- Average 2005- of 25, Low- Municipalities 2005-2007 To-High) Assessment Base 2005 To-High) 2005-2007 High) 2006 To-High) Nigadoo $41 11 $171 78 52.4 7 Norton $49 15 $0 1 $100 25 Oromocto $547 102 $0 1 $161 72 91.7 16 Paquetville $161 71 $9,050 93 $99 24 Perth-Andover $126 57 $489 68 $102 35 Petitcodiac $41 12 $27 42 $101 30 Petit-Rocher $15 1 $0 1 $178 79 52.4 7 Plaster Rock $131 60 $1,609 77 $101 33 Pointe-Verte $41 13 $0 1 $162 74 52.4 7 Port Elgin $72 37 $180 54 $92 8 Quispamsis $199 81 $78 45 $119 64 Rexton $46 14 $0 1 $90 5 Richibucto $57 23 $0 1 $219 92 248.0 25 Riverside-Albert $96 50 $0 1 $117 61 Riverview $86 44 $232 59 $139 70 100.6 20 Rivière-Verte $128 59 $11,244 95 $103 37 Rogersville $55 19 $0 1 $132 68 Rothesay $207 84 $78 45 $125 65 28.8 2 Sackville $68 34 $14 41 $247 98 64.4 10 Saint John $522 101 $213 57 $264 101 95.1 19 Saint Léonard $96 49 $5,821 89 $98 19 Saint-Antoine $27 4 $1,252 74 $91 7 Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska $94 48 $833 71 $104 41 Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël $92 47 $0 1 $109 54 Saint-François-de-Madawaska $216 87 $0 1 $94 13 Saint-Hilaire $38 8 $98 20 Saint-Isidore $175 77 $4,781 87 $105 44 Saint-Léolin $67 32 $0 1 $105 42 Saint-Louis de Kent $38 6 $0 1 $99 22 Page 4 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Safety and Protection Rank Operating Costs for Rank Total Monetary Loss due Rank Operating Costs for (Out of Crime Rate Per Fire Services Per (Out of to Fire per Million Dollars (Out of Police Services Per 102, 1000 Population, Rank (Out Dwelling, Average 102, Low- of Property Tax of 93, Low- Capita, Average Low-To- Average 2005- of 25, Low- Municipalities 2005-2007 To-High) Assessment Base 2005 To-High) 2005-2007 High) 2006 To-High) Saint-Quentin $105 54 $2,214 82 $131 66 80.6 14 Salisbury $26 3 $1,976 80 $101 32 Shediac $59 24 $5,945 90 $167 75 Shippagan $97 52 $0 1 $167 76 St. Andrews $201 83 $313 63 $162 73 46.2 4 St. George $194 80 $0 1 $139 71 St. Martins $89 46 $0 1 $93 10 St. Stephen $386 99 $884 73 $231 94 Stanley $372 98 $356 64 $109 52 Sussex $56 22 $1,747 79 $197 87 Sussex Corner $60 26 $0 1 $89 4 Tide Head $72 36 $1,375 76 $102 36 Tracadie-Shelia $68 33 $208 56 $185 82 Tracy $77 39 $93 12 Woodstock $172 76 $126 51 $234 95 104.7 23 Average $136 $1,047 $135 81.3 Minimum $15 $0 $82 19.4 Maximum $547 $11,244 $266 248.0 Page 5 of 5 .

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