Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, McMasterville records less crime than 89% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering McMasterville reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #26 of 503 in Quebec. Its violent half comes to 58.5 and its non-violent half to 28.9, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The local count comes to 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area.
What stands out about safety in McMasterville
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, McMasterville places 4th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
McMasterville’s index of 37.1 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 46% of crime in McMasterville ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Down since 2023
McMasterville’s index went from 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 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.
Inside McMasterville’s A for safety
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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 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.
Which crimes make up McMasterville’s figures
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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 27% |
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.
McMasterville comes 4th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Lanark Highlands Ontario | 6,370 | 33.1 | 38.8 | A |
| 3 | Mildmay Ontario | 6,247 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 4 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| 6 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 8 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Lac-Mégantic Quebec | 5,947 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 13 | Val-David Quebec | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 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 McMasterville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
McMasterville’s index fell 15% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 39.2, against a low of 33.2 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | McMasterville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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 McMasterville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 1,900 violent incidents a year in the 222,500-resident police area around McMasterville, 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 2,390 a year and other violations 1,120 (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 McMasterville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
5 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider service area. McMasterville is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in McMasterville
Is McMasterville safe?
With 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, McMasterville comes to 37.1 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in McMasterville?
Top of the list is assault (4.1 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.5, and theft under $5,000, at 2.7, follow.
Is crime going up in McMasterville?
No: the index fell 15%, from 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 in 2025.
How much of McMasterville’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 46%: 65% for violent crime and 32% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers McMasterville 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).