Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Frelighsburg sees more crime per resident than three in five Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 96 and 64.2. The local count comes to 12.4 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, a Safety Grade of C+ follows from crime the police covering Frelighsburg reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 64.4 to 67.4.
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 Brome-Missisquoi MRC.
What stands out about safety in Frelighsburg
Over the Quebec norm
Frelighsburg’s index of 72.8 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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’s behind Frelighsburg’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Frelighsburg, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Frelighsburg runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (5 per 1,000 against 0.05) and drug offences (6.7 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 58.3 | 1 | 41% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 4.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.09 | 94% |
| Other violent violations | 13 | 0.2 | 44% |
| Breaking and entering | 104.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.09 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 43.7 | 0.8 | 23% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 22.7 | 0.4 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 144.3 | 2.5 | 37% |
| Mischief | 118.7 | 2.1 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 126 | 2.2 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 385.7 | 6.7 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 123.7 | 2.2 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 85 | 1.5 | 14% |
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.
Frelighsburg, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 86.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 64.4. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Frelighsburg | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 86.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 64.4 | 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 Frelighsburg, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 710 violent incidents a year in the 58,000-resident police area around Frelighsburg, 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 710 property crimes and 850 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 Frelighsburg
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frelighsburg | 1,168 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Dunham | 3,632 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Cowansville | 17,269 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Frelighsburg alone.
- 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. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in Frelighsburg
Is Frelighsburg safe?
Statistics Canada puts Frelighsburg at 72.8 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12.4 and property crimes at 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Frelighsburg?
Drug offences is the most common, at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (6) and Cannabis Act offences (5).
Is crime going up in Frelighsburg?
Hardly at all, from 64.4 in 2023 to 67.4 in 2025.
How much of Frelighsburg’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 38% of crime (57% of violent crime, 27% 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 Frelighsburg 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).