Photo: MTLskyline · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Lac-Brome than in 61% of Canadian towns
The index held steady between 2023 (64.4) and 2025 (67.4). It grades C+ for safety on crime the police covering Lac-Brome reported from 2023 to 2025: #369 of 503 in Quebec. Per 1,000 residents a year, 12.4 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. By contrast, its 5 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident.
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 Brome-Missisquoi MRC.
What stands out about safety in Lac-Brome
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Lac-Brome records 6.7 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Lac-Brome places 27th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Lac-Brome’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.
The grade: C+ for Lac-Brome
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: #369 of 503 in Quebec and #1,539 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.
Lac-Brome’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Lac-Brome runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (5 per 1,000 against 0.03) and drug offences (6.7 per 1,000 against 0.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
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 to 10,000 people.
Lac-Brome is 27th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Pontiac Quebec | 6,490 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Pointe-Calumet Quebec | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Quebec | 6,099 | 70.1 | 128 | C+ |
| 25 | Humboldt Saskatchewan | 6,551 | 71.5 | 72.5 | C+ |
| 26 | Kings County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 6,517 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 27 | Lac-Brome Quebec | 6,307 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 28 | Bay Roberts Newfoundland and Labrador | 6,407 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| 29 | Electoral Area C, Peace River British Columbia | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 30 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Lac-Brome in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Lac-Brome, 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 its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lac-Brome | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 86.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 64.4 | 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 Lac-Brome, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Lac-Brome is part of, 58,000 residents, recorded about 710 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 710 property crimes, plus 850 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 Lac-Brome
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Brome | 6,307 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Waterloo | 5,714 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Bromont | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| Bolton-Est | 1,337 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Stukely-Sud | 1,242 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Lac-Brome. Closest is Waterloo, 12.5 km away, at 45.3 to 72.8 here. One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Lac-Brome alone.
Questions about safety in Lac-Brome
Is Lac-Brome safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Lac-Brome scores 72.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12.4 violent and 12.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Lac-Brome?
Police record drug offences most, 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (6) and Cannabis Act offences (5).
Is crime going up in Lac-Brome?
Hardly at all, from 64.4 in 2023 to 67.4 in 2025.
How much of Lac-Brome’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 38% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 57% of violent crime and 27% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Lac-Brome 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).