Photo: art_inthecity from Montréal, CA · CC BY 2.0For recorded crime, Granby sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Granby grades B− for safety overall (#285 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The index rose from 58.9 in 2023 to 62.2 in 2025. Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 12.0 violent incidents and 21.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size.
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.
What stands out about safety in Granby
Police clear more here
Police cleared 52% of Granby’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 40% of the rest), against 38% across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Granby comes 21st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Granby records 1.2 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
About the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Granby, 62.6. 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.
The B− for Granby, and how it is built
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: #285 of 503 in Quebec and #942 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Granby’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Granby runs highest on sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.8), fraud (6.8 per 1,000 against 5) and drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 50 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 29.7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 15.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10 | 0.1 | 77% |
| Other violent violations | 17.3 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 159.7 | 2.2 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21.7 | 0.3 | 63% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 77.7 | 1.1 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 22.7 | 0.3 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 564.7 | 7.9 | 45% |
| Mischief | 185.7 | 2.6 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 10.3 | 0.1 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 320 | 4.5 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 23 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Drug violations | 83.3 | 1.2 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 66.3 | 0.9 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 84.7 | 1.2 | 34% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Granby, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 66.6; 2023 was the lightest, at 58.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Granby | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.2 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 66.6 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 58.9 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Granby, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Granby is 21st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Welland Ontario | 66,480 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 19 | Port Coquitlam British Columbia | 67,724 | 58.2 | 52 | B |
| 20 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 58.8 | 51.1 | B |
| 21 | Granby Quebec | 72,180 | 62.6 | 92.5 | B− |
| 22 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 65.9 | 65.9 | B− |
| 23 | Woodstock Ontario | 55,572 | 69.7 | 61.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Drummondville Quebec | 85,560 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Granby in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Granby recorded about 860 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.
Property crime adds about 1,550 a year and other violations 630 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Granby
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granby | 72,180 | 62.6 | 92.5 | B− |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton | 2,267 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Roxton Pond | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Bromont | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Granby. Closest is Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, 9.1 km away, at 45.3 to 62.6 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Granby
Is Granby safe?
Police-reported crime in Granby scores 62.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12 violent incidents and 21.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Granby?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (6.8) and assault (5.6).
Is crime going up in Granby?
It went up 6% between 2023 and 2025, from 58.9 to 62.2.
How much of Granby’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 52% of crime (67% of violent crime, 40% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Granby’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).