Official CMA crime indicators, official City neighbourhood boundaries and clearly labelled planning proxies for relative activity, corridor exposure and housing pressure.
Official 2024 CSI
Official 2024 crime rate
St. John's MLS HPI
Active listings
Use the buyer score to compare trade-offs, then inspect property-specific basics: street lighting, parking, commute, nearby commercial activity, flood/drainage, schools, inspection results and recent comparable sales.
Official public crime data is CMA-level. Area scores below are relative due-diligence signals, not verified neighbourhood incident counts.
Inventory is tight and St. John's HPI is up year over year, so high-demand areas may need faster offer prep and stricter inspection discipline.
| Layer | Status | Used here | Best next upgrade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | Official CMA-level data | 2024 St. John's CMA CSI and crime rate from Statistics Canada | Automate annual StatCan table refresh and show confidence/date stamps per metric |
| City neighbourhood boundaries | Official City geometry | 29 neighbourhood polygons from the City of St. John's MapCentre service | Keep a scheduled snapshot and compare geometry revisions before publishing updates |
| Metro municipal boundaries | Official StatCan geometry | 13 surrounding 2024 census subdivision polygons from Statistics Canada | Join CSD polygons to local municipal open-data layers where cadastral accuracy is required |
| Neighbourhood crime shade | Proxy | Relative exposure scores based on activity, density, corridors, retail/nightlife and planning context | Use privacy-aggregated RNC/RCMP incident data with suppression rules before making neighbourhood crime claims |
| Housing-market heat | Board-level official market data plus local context | CREA/NLAR April 2026 HPI, listings and inventory pressure; local hot-spot notes from market outlooks | Add neighbourhood-level MLS sales, rentals, permits, vacancy and assessment data |
| Buyer review score | Decision-support proxy | Weighted score combining lower safety concern, housing demand, amenities and corridor exposure | Calibrate with buyer priorities and property-level inspection, insurance, comparable-sale and commute data |