Photo: GuyFromGaspésie2 · CC0Recorded crime in Chandler is close to typical for Canadian towns
Weighing it all, Chandler earns C+ for safety (#354 of 503 in Quebec), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. The typical town in Quebec scores 56.1 on the same index. Each year brought 23.9 violent incidents and 10.0 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 69.4, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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 published for the Rocher-Percé MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Chandler
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Chandler records 2.1 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 ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 69% for Chandler (80% violent, 54% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Chandler scores 134.9 for violence and 43.8 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
Chandler’s index went from 60.8 in 2023 to 70.2 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 Chandler’s C+ 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: #354 of 503 in Quebec and #1,358 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.
Crime in Chandler, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Chandler runs highest on drug offences (2.1 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (9.7 per 1,000 against 6.7). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 13.7 | 0.8 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.7 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6 | 0.4 | 78% |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.6 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 24 | 1.4 | 43% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11 | 0.6 | 36% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 26.7 | 1.6 | 34% |
| Mischief | 55.3 | 3.2 | 38% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 0.5 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 84.7 | 4.9 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.5 | 86% |
| Drug violations | 35.3 | 2.1 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 44.3 | 2.6 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 25 | 1.5 | 16% |
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.
Chandler’s index rose 16% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 77.3 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 60.8 in 2023. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Chandler | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 77.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.8 | 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 Chandler, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 410 violent incidents a year in the 17,100-resident police area around Chandler, 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 170 property crimes and 240 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Chandler comes 20th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 3 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Kent British Columbia | 7,093 | 65.5 | 97.8 | B− |
| 18 | Portage la Prairie Manitoba | 7,359 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 19 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 20 | Chandler Quebec | 7,323 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 21 | Fernie British Columbia | 7,086 | 69.5 | 65.2 | C+ |
| 22 | Val-des-Sources Quebec | 7,303 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| 23 | La Sarre Quebec | 7,199 | 75.8 | 140 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Chandler in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Chandler
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler | 7,323 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| Grande-Rivière (16 km) | 3,318 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons (21 km) | 2,263 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé (23 km) | 1,009 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Chandler with figures are 16–23 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Chandler shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Chandler
Is Chandler safe?
Its police recorded 23.9 violent incidents and 10 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Chandler a Crime Severity Index of 69.4. 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 Chandler?
Assault is the most common, at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (6.6) and Criminal Code traffic offences (5).
Is crime going up in Chandler?
Up 16%: 60.8 in 2023, 70.2 in 2025.
How much of Chandler’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 80% of violent crime and 54% of everything else, 69% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Chandler 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).