Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Lac-Drolet runs lower than in 71% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 12.9 violent incidents and 10.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2. Still, that puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Lac-Drolet reported from 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 81.3 and other offences to 35.6, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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 Granit MRC.
What stands out about safety in Lac-Drolet
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Lac-Drolet’s police clear 52%, 67% of violent crime and 39% of the rest. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Lac-Drolet’s index splits into violent crime, 81.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 35.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Lac-Drolet’s index of 48.4 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 B+ for Lac-Drolet, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
About 290 violent incidents a year across the police area of 22,700 residents that includes Lac-Drolet, 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 230 a year and other violations 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
What police record in Lac-Drolet, by type
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.7 | 0.7 | 48% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 15 | 0.7 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 1.3 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.3 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 19.3 | 0.9 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.2 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 39 | 1.7 | 44% |
| Mischief | 46 | 2 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.3 | 86% |
| Administration of justice violations | 40 | 1.8 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 0.3 | 94% |
| Drug violations | 27.7 | 1.2 | 51% |
| Impaired driving | 33.7 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 22 | 1 | 9% |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Lac-Drolet’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 52, with 2025 the lightest at 46.2. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lac-Drolet | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 52 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 47 | 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 Lac-Drolet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Lac-Drolet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Drolet | 1,066 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Ludger | 1,091 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Nantes | 1,412 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Lac-Mégantic | 5,947 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
3 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Lac-Drolet among them.
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- 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 Lac-Drolet
Is Lac-Drolet safe?
With 12.9 violent incidents and 10.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Lac-Drolet comes to 48.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Lac-Drolet?
Top of the list is assault (5.4 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.8, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 2.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Lac-Drolet?
Barely: 47 in 2023, 46.2 in 2025.
How much of Lac-Drolet’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 52% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 67% of violent crime and 39% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Lac-Drolet and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).