Photo: Jfecteau20 · CC BY-SA 4.0Berthierville sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 58 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. On top of that, its police logs show 11.9 violent incidents and 14.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. Overall, it grades B for safety (#271 of 503 in Quebec). None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the D'Autray MRC.
What stands out about safety in Berthierville
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Berthierville’s police clear 53%, 74% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Berthierville stands 17th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Berthierville’s index splits into violent crime, 90.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 45.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 58 in Berthierville. 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 Berthierville’s B
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: #271 of 503 in Quebec and #876 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 Berthierville, 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 | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 41 | 0.9 | 50% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.1 | 94% |
| Other violent violations | 12 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 111 | 2.4 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21.7 | 0.5 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 114.3 | 2.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.6 | 20% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 115.3 | 2.5 | 34% |
| Mischief | 89 | 1.9 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Administration of justice violations | 130.7 | 2.8 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 44.7 | 1 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 129.7 | 2.8 | 89% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 67.3 | 1.4 | 21% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Berthierville places 17th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 9 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Neuville Quebec | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Casselman Ontario | 4,535 | 50.8 | 62.9 | B+ |
| 15 | Guysborough Nova Scotia | 4,721 | 52.9 | 57 | B+ |
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 17 | Berthierville Quebec | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 18 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,702 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 19 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 20 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Berthierville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 560 violent incidents a year across the police area of 47,600 residents that includes Berthierville, 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 690 property crimes and 440 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Berthierville’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 65.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 53.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Berthierville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 65.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.9 | 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 Berthierville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Berthierville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berthierville | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 2,298 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | 2,170 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | 1,602 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Cuthbert | 1,865 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
The places around Berthierville all score higher on the index. 3 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Berthierville alone.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Berthierville
Is Berthierville safe?
Berthierville scores 58 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 11.9 violent incidents and 14.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Berthierville?
Most often it is assault: 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.8 and fraud at 4.1.
Is crime going up in Berthierville?
Not much: the index went from 53.9 in 2023 to 54.4 in 2025.
How much of Berthierville’s crime do police solve?
About 53% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 74% of violent and 36% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Berthierville 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).