Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Otterburn Park has less crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. It grades A for safety on crime the police covering Otterburn Park reported from 2023 to 2025: #26 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 58.5 and other offences for 28.9, against usual levels of 85.7 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area.
What stands out about safety in Otterburn Park
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 37.1 in Otterburn Park. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Otterburn Park stands 8th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Otterburn Park’s police clear 46%, 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Easing since 2023
Otterburn Park’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.
The A for Otterburn Park, 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: #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.
What police record in Otterburn Park, by type
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.
Year by year in Otterburn Park: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 39.2; the lightest was 2025, at 33.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Otterburn Park | 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 Otterburn Park, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Otterburn Park stands 8th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanley Manitoba | 9,929 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| 2 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Quebec | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 3 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 4 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Thamesford Ontario | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 7 | Laurentian Valley Ontario | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| 8 | Otterburn Park Quebec | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 9 | Blind Bay British Columbia | 9,984 | 40.8 | 37.4 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Apollinaire Quebec | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 11 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 12 | Coaticook Quebec | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Otterburn Park in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 1,900 violent incidents a year across the police area of 222,500 residents that includes Otterburn Park, 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.
And about 2,390 property crimes, plus 1,120 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Otterburn Park
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 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 |
6 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 clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider service area. Otterburn Park is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Otterburn Park
Is Otterburn Park safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 37.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Otterburn Park stands, with 8.6 violent and 10.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Otterburn Park?
Most often it is assault: 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.5 and theft under $5,000 at 2.7.
Is crime going up in Otterburn Park?
Down 15%: 39.2 in 2023, 33.2 in 2025.
How much of Otterburn Park’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 46% of crime (65% of violent crime, 32% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Otterburn Park 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).