Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Ascot Corner sees less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is B+, worked out from crime the police covering Ascot Corner reported over 2023 to 2025: #173 of 503 in Quebec. Still, 2 of the 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. The local count comes to 12.1 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 50.5 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Haut-Saint-François MRC.
What stands out about safety in Ascot Corner
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Ascot Corner places 7th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
From 55.3 in 2023 to 44.4 in 2025: that is Ascot Corner’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Ascot Corner’s police clear 47%, 60% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Ascot Corner’s index splits into violent crime, 89.1 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 35.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Ascot Corner’s grade
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: #173 of 503 in Quebec and #547 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.
What police record in Ascot Corner, by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25.3 | 1.1 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.7 | 0.4 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 49.7 | 2.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.3 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 43.7 | 1.8 | 31% |
| Mischief | 46.7 | 2 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 33.7 | 1.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 0.7 | 68% |
| Impaired driving | 34.3 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 20 | 0.8 | 22% |
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.
In Ascot Corner, down 20% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (55.3); the low point came in 2025, at 44.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ascot Corner | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 51.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 55.3 | 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 Ascot Corner, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Ascot Corner is 7th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 6 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 7 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 8 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 53 | 61.7 | B+ |
| 9 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Quebec | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 10 | Piedmont Quebec | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 11 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 56.3 | 77.5 | B |
| 12 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez Quebec | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Dunham Quebec | 3,632 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Ascot Corner in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Ascot Corner is part of, 24,300 residents, recorded about 290 violent incidents a year (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 280 property crimes and 130 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 Ascot Corner
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 54.6 | 85.1 | B |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Hatley | 2,512 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Ascot Corner. Stoke, 4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 45 to 50.5. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Ascot Corner alone.
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Ascot Corner
Is Ascot Corner safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Ascot Corner’s Crime Severity Index stands at 50.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.1 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Ascot Corner?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5.7, fraud at 3.8 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Ascot Corner?
No: the index fell 20%, from 55.3 in 2023 to 44.4 in 2025.
How much of Ascot Corner’s crime do police solve?
47%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 60% and non-violent crime at 35%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Ascot Corner together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).