Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Beaumont has less crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Counting crime the police covering Beaumont reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #68 of 503 in Quebec. Each year brought 8.5 violent incidents and 9.0 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Its violent half comes to 73 and its non-violent half to 26.8, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Bellechasse MRC.
What stands out about safety in Beaumont
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 55% for Beaumont (72% violent, 39% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Beaumont scores 73 for violence and 26.8 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Beaumont comes 6th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Beaumont’s index went from 34.9 in 2023 to 42.3 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Beaumont’s A for safety
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: #68 of 503 in Quebec and #294 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.
Beaumont’s index rose 21% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (42.3); 2023 was the low point, at 34.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Beaumont | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 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 Beaumont, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Beaumont stands 6th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Coalhurst Alberta | 3,244 | 35.7 | 34 | A |
| 4 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 5 | Chalk River Ontario | 3,147 | 38.6 | 59.3 | A |
| 6 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 7 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Quebec | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 9 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 10 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 11 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau Quebec | 3,128 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 12 | Val-Morin Quebec | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Liboire Quebec | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Beaumont in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in Beaumont, type by type
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 19 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.3 | 0.3 | 58% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.3 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Mischief | 58.3 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47 | 1.2 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 68.7 | 1.7 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28 | 0.7 | 33% |
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.
The police area Beaumont is part of, 39,600 residents, recorded about 340 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.
Property crime adds about 350 a year and other violations 200 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Beaumont
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,659 | 26.8 | 44.8 | A+ |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | 1,902 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Sainte-Pétronille | 1,015 | 26.8 | 44.8 | A+ |
| Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,704 | 26.8 | 44.8 | A+ |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
3 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Beaumont. Closest is Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 4.3 km away, at 26.8 to 39.7 here. Its police also cover 2 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
- 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.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Beaumont shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Beaumont
Is Beaumont safe?
Police-reported crime in Beaumont scores 39.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 8.5 violent incidents and 9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Beaumont?
Top of the list is assault (4 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 2.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Beaumont?
Yes: the index rose 21%, from 34.9 in 2023 to 42.3 in 2025.
How much of Beaumont’s crime do police solve?
55%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 72% and non-violent crime at 39%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Beaumont and everywhere else it polices.
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).