Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Coaticook sees less crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of A− follows from crime the police covering Coaticook reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #107 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 81.6 and other offences to 30, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Recorded violent incidents ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 9.9, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. The index fell from 43.7 in 2023 to 38.8 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Coaticook MRC.
What stands out about safety in Coaticook
Violence weighs more than the rest
Coaticook scores 81.6 for violence and 30 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Coaticook (62% violent, 34% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Coaticook comes 14th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Coaticook, 44.5. 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.
Inside Coaticook’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: #107 of 503 in Quebec and #379 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 Coaticook, type by type
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 17.7 | 0.9 | 44% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.7 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Breaking and entering | 25.3 | 1.3 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.3 | 0.8 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 32.7 | 1.7 | 50% |
| Mischief | 31.3 | 1.6 | 36% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 34.7 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 0.4 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 13 | 0.7 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 30 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 22.7 | 1.2 | 28% |
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.
Coaticook, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 50.9, with 2025 the lightest at 38.8. 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 | Coaticook | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 50.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 43.7 | 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 Coaticook, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
19,700 residents, about 230 violent incidents a year: the police area Coaticook 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 190 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Coaticook places 14th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 4 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 8 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Saint-Philippe Quebec | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Apollinaire Quebec | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 13 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 14 | Coaticook Quebec | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 15 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,810 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 16 | Vankleek Hill Ontario | 9,321 | 44.6 | 56.6 | A− |
| 17 | Kimberley British Columbia | 9,037 | 45.9 | 44.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 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 Coaticook in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Coaticook
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaticook | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| Compton | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| Ayer's Cliff | 1,284 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Coaticook alone.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Coaticook
Is Coaticook safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Coaticook’s Crime Severity Index stands at 44.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 11.6 violent incidents and 9.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Coaticook?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.9, fraud at 4.1 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Coaticook?
It went down 11% between 2023 and 2025, from 43.7 to 38.8.
How much of Coaticook’s crime do police solve?
49%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 62% and non-violent crime at 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Coaticook and everywhere else it polices.
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).