Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Brownsburg-Chatham sees more crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is C+, on crime the police covering Brownsburg-Chatham reported from 2023 to 2025: #389 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 20.6 violent incidents and 20.0 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 76.4 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. In 2023 the index stood at 82.9; it fell to 74.1 in 2025.
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: the Argenteuil MRC.
What stands out about safety in Brownsburg-Chatham
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Brownsburg-Chatham records 1.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 49% of Brownsburg-Chatham’s crime, weighted by seriousness (65% of violent crime, 36% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 76.4 in Brownsburg-Chatham. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Brownsburg-Chatham stands 25th, 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 Brownsburg-Chatham’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: #389 of 503 in Quebec and #1,587 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.
Brownsburg-Chatham’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Brownsburg-Chatham runs highest on drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (9.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 23.7 | 0.6 | 72% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.4 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 11 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 42.3 | 1.1 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 108 | 2.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13.3 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 90.3 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27.7 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 200 | 5.3 | 34% |
| Mischief | 102 | 2.7 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.3 | 3.3 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 53.3 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 90.7 | 2.4 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 68 | 1.8 | 19% |
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.
Brownsburg-Chatham, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 82.9, and 2024 the lightest at 72.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Brownsburg-Chatham | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 72.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.9 | 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 Brownsburg-Chatham, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Brownsburg-Chatham stands 25th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Rigaud Quebec | 8,187 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Philippe Quebec | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Nicolet Quebec | 8,737 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 22 | La Malbaie Quebec | 8,293 | 57.2 | 83.8 | B |
| 23 | Goderich Ontario | 8,412 | 68.4 | 100.1 | B− |
| 24 | Clinton Ontario | 8,318 | 72.5 | 106.8 | C+ |
| 25 | Brownsburg-Chatham Quebec | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 26 | Torbay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,297 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 27 | Innisfail Alberta | 8,736 | 83.9 | 76 | C |
| 28 | Renfrew Ontario | 8,721 | 91.6 | 165.9 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Brownsburg-Chatham in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
38,500 residents, about 780 violent incidents a year: the police area Brownsburg-Chatham 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.
Property crime adds about 750 a year and other violations 420 (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 Brownsburg-Chatham
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Lachute | 15,469 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Gore | 2,756 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Grenville | 1,889 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 70.8 | 123.5 | C+ |
| Hawkesbury | 11,451 | 92.7 | 131.7 | C |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Brownsburg-Chatham. Just 15.7 km away, East Hawkesbury comes to 70.8, against 76.4. The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Brownsburg-Chatham shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Brownsburg-Chatham
Is Brownsburg-Chatham safe?
Brownsburg-Chatham measures 76.4 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 20.6 violent incidents and 20 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Brownsburg-Chatham?
Most often it is assault: 9.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 5.3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.2.
Is crime going up in Brownsburg-Chatham?
Down 11%: 82.9 in 2023, 74.1 in 2025.
How much of Brownsburg-Chatham’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 49% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Brownsburg-Chatham 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).