Photo: Jean-Philippe Boulet · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Magog than in 83% of Canadian towns
All 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Still, a Safety Grade of A− follows from crime the police covering Magog reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #78 of 503 in Quebec. Violence and property crime split as 8.6 violent incidents and 13.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 55.3 and its non-violent half to 37.1, where the norm is 89.4 and 56.
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 Magog
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 59% of Magog’s crime, weighted by seriousness (80% of violent crime, 47% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Magog moved from 48.1 to 34.3, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Magog is 10th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Quebec
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Magog scores 42. 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 A− for Magog, 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: #78 of 503 in Quebec and #319 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
In Magog, down 29% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 48.1, and 2025 the lightest at 34.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Magog | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 43.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 48.1 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Magog, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Magog’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Magog runs highest on drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12 | 0.3 | 44% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 17.3 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Breaking and entering | 50 | 1.2 | 38% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 0.2 | 59% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 26.3 | 0.7 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10 | 0.2 | 23% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 180 | 4.4 | 47% |
| Mischief | 83.3 | 2.1 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.1 | 88% |
| Administration of justice violations | 137 | 3.4 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 26.3 | 0.7 | 87% |
| Drug violations | 52.3 | 1.3 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 112.3 | 2.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 85.3 | 2.1 | 28% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Magog stands 10th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergus Ontario | 34,565 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Strathroy Ontario | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| 8 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 9 | La Prairie Quebec | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 10 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| 11 | Okotoks Alberta | 33,482 | 42.5 | 48.7 | A− |
| 12 | Chestermere Alberta | 31,671 | 43.2 | 43.5 | A− |
| 13 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| 14 | Saint-Georges Quebec | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 15 | Sainte-Thérèse Quebec | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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 Magog in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 350 violent incidents a year on Magog’s police records (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.
Add about 550 property crimes and 450 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Magog
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magog | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| Orford | 5,698 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Austin | 1,959 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Eastman | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Ayer's Cliff | 1,284 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Stanstead | 1,171 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
Magog has the highest index of the places around it. Just 7.8 km away, Orford comes to 39.9, against 42.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. 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 Magog
Is Magog safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Magog scores 42 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.6 violent and 13.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Magog?
Criminal Code traffic offences is the most common, at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (4.7) and theft under $5,000 (4.4).
Is crime going up in Magog?
No: the index fell 29%, from 48.1 in 2023 to 34.3 in 2025.
How much of Magog’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 59% of crime (80% of violent crime, 47% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Magog alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).