Photo: essede · CC BY-SA 3.0Lac-Etchemin sees less crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
Recorded violent incidents ran at 7.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 8.1, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crime the police covering Lac-Etchemin reported over 2023 to 2025: #10 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 48.9 and other offences to 23.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records 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 Etchemins MRC.
What stands out about safety in Lac-Etchemin
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 59% for Lac-Etchemin (79% violent, 43% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 30.8 in Lac-Etchemin. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Lac-Etchemin stands 1st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Lac-Etchemin’s index went from 33.3 in 2023 to 28 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A+ for Lac-Etchemin, 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: #10 of 503 in Quebec and #110 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.
Crime in Lac-Etchemin, type by type
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.3 | 1.3 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 0.7 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24.3 | 1.4 | 41% |
| Mischief | 19.3 | 1.1 | 41% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 0.9 | 86% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 13.3 | 0.8 | 25% |
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-Etchemin comes 1st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Lake of Bays Ontario | 4,105 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 4 | Morris-Turnberry Ontario | 4,028 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Carleton-sur-Mer Quebec | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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-Etchemin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Lac-Etchemin: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 33.3 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 28. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lac-Etchemin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 31.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 33.3 | 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-Etchemin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Lac-Etchemin is part of, 17,700 residents, recorded about 130 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 140 a year and other violations 79 (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 Lac-Etchemin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Etchemin | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Sainte-Justine | 1,822 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon | 1,033 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Benjamin | 1,267 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
The places around Lac-Etchemin all score higher on the index. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Lac-Etchemin shares it with its neighbours.
- 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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Lac-Etchemin
Is Lac-Etchemin safe?
Statistics Canada puts Lac-Etchemin at 30.8 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 7.4 and property crimes at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lac-Etchemin?
Police record assault most, 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (2.9) and other Criminal Code offences (2.1).
Is crime going up in Lac-Etchemin?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 16%, to 28 from 33.3.
How much of Lac-Etchemin’s crime do police solve?
About 59% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 79% of violent and 43% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Lac-Etchemin 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).