Photo: Denisn72sympatico · Public domainPer resident, East Broughton records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
The index rose from 49.5 in 2023 to 53.9 in 2025. By contrast, the overall Safety Grade is B, which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Its 3 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 15.6 violent incidents and 15.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Appalaches MRC.
What stands out about safety in East Broughton
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 54% of East Broughton’s crime, weighted by seriousness (73% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, East Broughton’s two halves part ways: 93.4 for violence (typical 86.4) and 41.4 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 55.9 in East Broughton. 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.
What sits behind East Broughton’s B
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
East Broughton’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, East Broughton runs highest on assault (7.7 per 1,000 against 6.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 30 | 0.7 | 67% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Other violent violations | 15.3 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Breaking and entering | 95 | 2.1 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39 | 0.9 | 30% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 157.3 | 3.5 | 36% |
| Mischief | 121 | 2.7 | 34% |
| Weapons violations | 13.3 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 119.7 | 2.7 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 43 | 1 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 90.7 | 2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 76 | 1.7 | 21% |
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 people or more.
East Broughton, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 64.3, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 49.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | East Broughton | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 64.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 49.5 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering East Broughton, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area East Broughton is part of, 45,300 residents, recorded about 700 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.
And about 690 property crimes, plus 380 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 East Broughton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Broughton | 2,311 | 55.9 | 93.4 | B |
| Tring-Jonction | 1,626 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Frédéric | 1,172 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
East Broughton has the highest index of the places around it. Just 7.7 km away, Tring-Jonction comes to 44, against 55.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; East Broughton shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in East Broughton
Is East Broughton safe?
Its police recorded 15.6 violent incidents and 15.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives East Broughton a Crime Severity Index of 55.9. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in East Broughton?
Police record assault most, 7.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (5.6) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4).
Is crime going up in East Broughton?
Yes: the index rose 9%, from 49.5 in 2023 to 53.9 in 2025.
How much of East Broughton’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 54% of crime (73% of violent crime, 38% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for East Broughton 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).