Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Carignan records less crime than 89% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 58.5 and its non-violent half to 28.9, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. That puts it at A for safety, judged on crime the police covering Carignan reported from 2023 to 2025: #26 of 503 in Quebec. Recorded violent incidents ran at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 10.8, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records more 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area.
What stands out about safety in Carignan
Under the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Carignan, 37.1. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Carignan comes 10th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 46% for Carignan (65% violent, 32% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Carignan moved from 39.2 to 33.2, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. 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.
What sits behind Carignan’s A
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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 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 Carignan, type 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 | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 27% |
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.
Carignan’s index fell 15% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 39.2 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 33.2 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Carignan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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 Carignan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Carignan places 10th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Quebec | 12,427 | 32.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 8 | Kincardine Ontario | 13,169 | 34.4 | 43.4 | A |
| 9 | Winchester Ontario | 12,706 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | Carignan Quebec | 12,618 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 11 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 37.5 | 32.9 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Hippolyte Quebec | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Bromont Quebec | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Quebec | 12,154 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Saint-Sauveur Quebec | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 23 | Sainte-Julienne Quebec | 12,990 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Carignan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Carignan is part of, 222,500 residents, recorded about 1,900 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.
And about 2,390 property crimes, plus 1,120 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Carignan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carignan | 12,618 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Chambly | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Bienville | 7,888 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Richelieu | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Laurendeau | 27,321 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Iberville | 17,988 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Carignan. 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
- 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 service, several municipalities. Carignan is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. 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 Carignan
Is Carignan safe?
Police-reported crime in Carignan scores 37.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Carignan?
Most often it is assault: 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.5 and theft under $5,000 at 2.7.
Is crime going up in Carignan?
No: the index fell 15%, from 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 in 2025.
How much of Carignan’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 32% of everything else, 46% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Carignan 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).