Photo: P199 · Public domainGracefield has more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Scored on crime the police covering Gracefield reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C for safety: #482 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 152.3 and other offences for 66.7, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Its police logs show 27.4 violent incidents and 20.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2.
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. Measured across the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Gracefield
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
With 40% of its homes not lived in all year, Gracefield counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Assault: high for a town its size
Gracefield records 15.9 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 59% of Gracefield’s crime, weighted by seriousness (75% of violent crime, 45% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Gracefield’s index of 90.6 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 sits behind Gracefield’s C
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: #482 of 503 in Quebec and #1,813 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.
Gracefield’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Gracefield runs highest on drug offences (2 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (15.9 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.7 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.8 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Breaking and entering | 88.3 | 4.3 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11 | 0.5 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 45.7 | 2.2 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.7 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 83.3 | 4.1 | 36% |
| Mischief | 98 | 4.8 | 46% |
| Weapons violations | 15.3 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 112 | 5.5 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.7 | 87% |
| Drug violations | 41.3 | 2 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 46.3 | 2.3 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 22.3 | 1.1 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Gracefield places 35th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 2,505 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Saint-Polycarpe Quebec | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,601 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 33 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,597 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| 34 | Sexsmith Alberta | 2,561 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 35 | Gracefield Quebec | 2,544 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| 36 | Unity Saskatchewan | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| 37 | Rimbey Alberta | 2,502 | 110.1 | 69.4 | C− |
| 38 | Saint-Chrysostome Quebec | 2,641 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | 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 Gracefield in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Gracefield’s index fell 12% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 95.6, against a low of 83.8 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gracefield | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 92.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 95.6 | 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 Gracefield, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 560 violent incidents a year across the police area of 20,600 residents that includes Gracefield, 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 420 property crimes, plus 280 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 Gracefield
Its police also cover 2 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
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Gracefield alone.
- Reading the number. 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 Gracefield
Is Gracefield safe?
Statistics Canada puts Gracefield at 90.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 27.4 and property crimes at 20.8 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Gracefield?
The three biggest groups are assault at 15.9, other Criminal Code offences at 7.3 and mischief at 4.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Gracefield?
The reverse: 95.6 in 2023 came down to 83.8 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of Gracefield’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 59% of crime (75% of violent crime, 45% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Gracefield together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).