Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Marieville sees less crime per resident than three in five Canadian towns
The Safety Grade comes out at B, drawn from crime the police covering Marieville reported through 2023 to 2025: #228 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. By 2025 the index had dropped to 50.6, down from 53.3 in 2023. Split in two, the index gives 88.5 for violence and 42 for everything else (normally 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Rouville MRC.
What stands out about safety in Marieville
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Marieville’s police clear 49%, 66% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Marieville comes 24th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Marieville, 55. Towns its size ↓
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Marieville records 1.5 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Marieville’s grade
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: #228 of 503 in Quebec and #715 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.
What police record in Marieville, by type
Against the typical town its size, Marieville runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8). Mischief 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 | 21 | 0.7 | 60% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 56 | 2 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.2 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.2 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99 | 3.5 | 31% |
| Mischief | 54.7 | 1.9 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.7 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 0.4 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 22.7 | 0.8 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 65.3 | 2.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 49 | 1.7 | 22% |
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.
Marieville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 61, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 50.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Marieville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 61 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 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 Marieville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Marieville is 24th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Bromont Quebec | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| 12 | L'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,921 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 13 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,716 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Blackfalds Alberta | 12,258 | 50.8 | 49.1 | B+ |
| 22 | Arnprior Ontario | 11,459 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 23 | Saint-Sauveur Quebec | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 24 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 25 | Summerland British Columbia | 12,343 | 56.2 | 38.6 | B |
| 26 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| 27 | Chester Nova Scotia | 11,740 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Marieville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 340 violent incidents a year across the police area of 28,700 residents that includes Marieville, 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 410 a year and other violations 240 (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 Marieville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marieville | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Richelieu | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir | 1,862 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | 3,158 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Marieville. Just 9.2 km away, Saint-Jean-Baptiste comes to 37.1, against 55. 4 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
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Marieville shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Marieville
Is Marieville safe?
Police-reported crime in Marieville scores 55 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Marieville?
Most often it is assault: 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.7.
Is crime going up in Marieville?
Down 5%: 53.3 in 2023, 50.6 in 2025.
How much of Marieville’s crime do police solve?
About 49% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 66% of violent and 35% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Marieville 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).