Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in Chertsey sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 61.4 to 53.7. Split in two, the index gives 87.6 for violence and 46 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Overall, Chertsey grades B for safety (#260 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, each year brought 10.8 violent incidents and 14.7 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size).
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Matawinie MRC.
What stands out about safety in Chertsey
Visitors count, residents divide
About 36% of Chertsey’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Chertsey comes 16th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Chertsey’s index splits into violent crime, 87.6 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 46 against 62.8. By type ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Chertsey’s police clear 43%, 59% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B for Chertsey
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: #260 of 503 in Quebec and #863 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 Chertsey, by type
Against the typical town its size, Chertsey runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.9) and motor vehicle theft (3 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 | 44.3 | 0.8 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.09 | 75% |
| Robbery | 6.3 | 0.1 | 75% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.09 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 16 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 131.3 | 2.3 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 46 | 0.8 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 174 | 3 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 144.7 | 2.5 | 23% |
| Mischief | 96.7 | 1.7 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 19.3 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 92 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 0.3 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 48 | 0.8 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 123 | 2.1 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 75 | 1.3 | 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.
Chertsey, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 61.4; the lightest was 2025, at 53.7. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Chertsey | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 61.4 | 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 Chertsey, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Chertsey is 16th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 7 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Orford Quebec | 5,698 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 9 | Waterloo Quebec | 5,714 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Cookshire-Eaton Quebec | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 14 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan Quebec | 5,675 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 16 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha Quebec | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 18 | Lanoraie Quebec | 5,694 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 19 | Memramcook New Brunswick | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 Chertsey in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 620 violent incidents a year in the 58,800-resident police area around Chertsey, 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 840 property crimes, plus 420 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 Chertsey
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey | 5,678 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Entrelacs | 1,124 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Rawdon | 13,099 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Saint-Calixte | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
The places around Chertsey all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson (14.2 km away), scores 53.5 against 57.5. Same police, same number: 3 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Chertsey among them.
Questions about safety in Chertsey
Is Chertsey safe?
Chertsey’s Crime Severity Index is 57.5 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 10.8 violent incidents and 14.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Chertsey?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5.4, Criminal Code traffic offences at 4 and motor vehicle theft at 3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Chertsey?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 13%, to 53.7 from 61.4.
How much of Chertsey’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 59% of violent crime and 32% of everything else, 43% 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 Chertsey 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).