Photo: Kossin · CC BY-SA 3.0Charlemagne sees less crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 30.2 to 26.5. Add to that, its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crime the police covering Charlemagne reported over 2023 to 2025: #1 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 48.2 and 20.2. None of the 6 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Repentigny service area.
What stands out about safety in Charlemagne
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Charlemagne’s index of 28.1 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 52% of crime in Charlemagne ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 67% of violent crime and 38% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Charlemagne places 5th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 48.2 on Charlemagne’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 20.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Charlemagne’s A+ 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: #1 of 503 in Quebec and #72 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.
Which crimes make up Charlemagne’s figures
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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 51.7 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11.7 | 0.1 | 83% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 18.7 | 0.2 | 82% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.06 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.07 | 70% |
| Breaking and entering | 53 | 0.5 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 0.1 | 77% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 113.3 | 1.2 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 16 | 0.2 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 214.3 | 2.2 | 40% |
| Mischief | 88.3 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.06 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 122.7 | 1.3 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 36.7 | 0.4 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 92.3 | 1 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 74 | 0.8 | 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Charlemagne places 5th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Glencoe Ontario | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 5 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 6 | Pontiac Quebec | 6,490 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 7 | Pointe-Calumet Quebec | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 8 | Lanark Highlands Ontario | 6,370 | 33.1 | 38.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Quebec | 6,613 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 14 | Plessisville Quebec | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 15 | Princeville Quebec | 6,400 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 352.9 | 639.7 | 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 Charlemagne in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Charlemagne is part of, 98,000 residents, recorded about 560 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.
Property crime adds about 730 a year and other violations 400 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Charlemagne, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 30.2; the lightest was 2025, at 26.5. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Charlemagne | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 27.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 30.2 | 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 Charlemagne, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Charlemagne
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemagne | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| Repentigny | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | 49,869 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Varennes | 21,490 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Saint-François | 15,338 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Mascouche | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
Charlemagne has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- A regional police service. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Charlemagne included.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Charlemagne
Is Charlemagne safe?
Charlemagne scores 28.1 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 5.8 violent incidents and 7.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Charlemagne?
Police record assault most, 3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (2.3) and theft under $5,000 (2.2).
Is crime going up in Charlemagne?
Down 12%: 30.2 in 2023, 26.5 in 2025.
How much of Charlemagne’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 52% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 67% of violent and 38% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Charlemagne 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).