Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Beaconsfield runs higher than in 67% of Canadian towns
Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 81.4 to 78.4. Measured on crime the police covering Beaconsfield reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #396 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 115.7 and other offences to 66.9, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Recorded violent incidents ran at 15.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 29.1, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Montréal service area.
What stands out about safety in Beaconsfield
Robbery: high for a town its size
Beaconsfield records 1.1 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 80.3 in Beaconsfield. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Beaconsfield stands 30th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Beaconsfield’s C
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: #396 of 503 in Quebec and #1,643 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Beaconsfield, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Beaconsfield runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.6), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). Mischief sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 32 | 0.02 | 65% |
| Sexual violations against children | 412.3 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 932.7 | 0.4 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 210.3 | 0.10 | 38% |
| Robbery | 2,329.3 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 371 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Other violent violations | 732.7 | 0.3 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 6,567 | 3.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 667 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9,140 | 4.3 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,353 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25,416 | 11.8 | 17% |
| Mischief | 6,913.3 | 3.2 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 510 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 6,916.3 | 3.2 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1,578.7 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 2,470.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 1,728 | 0.8 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6,866.3 | 3.2 | 8% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Beaconsfield is 30th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Windsor Nova Scotia | 20,318 | 78.5 | 98.5 | C+ |
| 28 | Westmount Quebec | 20,377 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Beaconsfield Quebec | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 31 | Midland Ontario | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| 32 | Miramichi New Brunswick | 19,402 | 82.1 | 89.1 | C |
| 33 | Sylvan Lake Alberta | 17,897 | 82.3 | 83.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Port Alberni British Columbia | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | 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 Beaconsfield in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
2,172,300 residents, about 33,000 violent incidents a year: the police area Beaconsfield belongs to, 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 62,300 property crimes and 22,100 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Beaconsfield, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 81.4; the lightest was 2025, at 78.4. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Beaconsfield | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Beaconsfield, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Beaconsfield
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Baie-D'Urfé | 3,706 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 5,393 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider service area. The service that polices Beaconsfield reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Beaconsfield
Is Beaconsfield safe?
Its police recorded 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Beaconsfield a Crime Severity Index of 80.3. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Beaconsfield?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (8.2) and fraud (5.4).
Is crime going up in Beaconsfield?
The index stayed close to where it was, 81.4 in 2023 and 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Beaconsfield’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 32% of crime (49% of violent crime, 21% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Beaconsfield and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).