Photo: Gilbertus · CC BY 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Boischatel than in 81% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Boischatel reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A− for safety: #90 of 503 in Quebec. One of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Typical years here bring 10.3 violent incidents plus 11.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 62.9 for violence and 35 for everything else (normally 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Côte-de-Beaupré MRC.
What stands out about safety in Boischatel
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Boischatel’s police clear 57%, 78% of violent crime and 44% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Boischatel stands 11th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 42.7 in Boischatel. 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’s behind Boischatel’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: #90 of 503 in Quebec and #349 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 Boischatel, by type
Against the typical town its size, Boischatel runs highest on drug offences (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.7). 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 | 17 | 0.5 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Breaking and entering | 53.7 | 1.7 | 38% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 36.3 | 1.1 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 80.3 | 2.5 | 41% |
| Mischief | 63 | 2 | 36% |
| Weapons violations | 8.7 | 0.3 | 95% |
| Administration of justice violations | 56.3 | 1.8 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 29.7 | 0.9 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 55 | 1.7 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 39.3 | 1.2 | 23% |
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.
By its index, Boischatel stands 11th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Otterburn Park Quebec | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 9 | Delson Quebec | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Apollinaire Quebec | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 11 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 12 | Coaticook Quebec | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 13 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,810 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 14 | Vankleek Hill Ontario | 9,321 | 44.6 | 56.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Lorraine Quebec | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Boischatel in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 330 violent incidents a year across the police area of 32,700 residents that includes Boischatel, 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.
And about 380 property crimes, plus 220 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Year by year in Boischatel: down 5%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 49.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 38.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Boischatel | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 49.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 40.3 | 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 Boischatel, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Boischatel
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Chutes-Montmorency | 16,273 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | 17,558 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Saint-Michel | 17,303 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Vieux-Bourg | 14,774 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Sainte-Pétronille | 1,015 | 26.8 | 44.8 | A+ |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Boischatel. Just 6.5 km away, Sainte-Pétronille comes to 26.8, against 42.7. The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Boischatel alone.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Boischatel
Is Boischatel safe?
Boischatel measures 42.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.3 violent incidents and 11.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Boischatel?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.9, fraud at 3.8 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Boischatel?
The reverse: 40.3 in 2023 came down to 38.2 by 2025, 5% lower.
How much of Boischatel’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 57% of crime (78% of violent crime, 44% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Boischatel 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).