Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in East Angus than in 67% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 12.1 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 50.5 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, it grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering East Angus reported from 2023 to 2025: #173 of 503 in Quebec. For comparison, the middle Quebec town comes to 56.1.
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 Haut-Saint-François MRC.
What stands out about safety in East Angus
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in East Angus stood at 55.3, by 2025 at 44.4. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, East Angus comes 15th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 47% of East Angus’s crime, weighted by seriousness (60% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, East Angus’s two halves part ways: 89.1 for violence (typical 85.7) and 35.5 for the rest (typical 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.
What’s behind East Angus’s grade
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: #173 of 503 in Quebec and #547 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.
East Angus’s crime by kind
Mischief 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 | 25.3 | 1.1 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.7 | 0.4 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 49.7 | 2.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.3 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 43.7 | 1.8 | 31% |
| Mischief | 46.7 | 2 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 33.7 | 1.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 0.7 | 68% |
| Impaired driving | 34.3 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 20 | 0.8 | 22% |
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.
In East Angus, down 20% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (55.3); 2025 was the lightest, at 44.4. 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 | East Angus | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 51.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 55.3 | 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 East Angus, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
East Angus is 15th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Beaupré Quebec | 4,314 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Carleton-sur-Mer Quebec | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Ambroise Quebec | 4,262 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 14 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix Quebec | 4,230 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 15 | East Angus Quebec | 4,261 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 16 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 17 | White City Saskatchewan | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Crabtree Quebec | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Oka Quebec | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 East Angus in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
24,300 residents, about 290 violent incidents a year: the police area East Angus 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.
Add about 280 property crimes and 130 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around East Angus
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Angus | 4,261 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Dudswell | 1,850 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Bury | 1,243 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
Its police also cover 5 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “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, East Angus among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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 East Angus
Is East Angus safe?
The short answer is an index of 50.5 for East Angus (2023–2025), built from 12.1 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in East Angus?
Police record assault most, 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.8) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.6).
Is crime going up in East Angus?
Down 20%: 55.3 in 2023, 44.4 in 2025.
How much of East Angus’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 47% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 35% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers East Angus 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).