Photo: Oulgara Warter · CC0Racine has less crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. What’s more, recorded violent incidents ran at 10.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 11.1, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Measured on crime the police covering Racine reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A−. Its violent half comes to 82.8 and its non-violent half to 30.3, where the norm is 86.4 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 published for the Val-Saint-François MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Racine
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 82.8 on Racine’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 30.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Racine ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 61% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 45 in Racine. 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 Racine, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Racine’s index fell 14% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 50.5 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 41. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Racine | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 41 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 50.5 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Racine, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Which crimes make up Racine’s figures
Fraud and assault 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 | 23.7 | 0.7 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 49 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.3 | 1.3 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.2 | 21% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 74.3 | 2.3 | 44% |
| Mischief | 55.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Drug violations | 20 | 0.6 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 40 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 18.3 | 0.6 | 16% |
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 people or more.
Around 350 violent incidents a year in the 33,400-resident police area around Racine, 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 370 property crimes and 160 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 Racine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racine | 1,441 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Valcourt | 2,203 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Valcourt | 1,081 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Orford | 5,698 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Eastman | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
Racine has the highest index of the places around it. Just 15.2 km away, Orford comes to 39.9, against 45. The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Racine shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. 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 Racine
Is Racine safe?
Statistics Canada puts Racine at 45 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 10.5 and property crimes at 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Racine?
Most often it is assault: 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.8 and theft under $5,000 at 2.3.
Is crime going up in Racine?
Down 14%: 50.5 in 2023, 43.6 in 2025.
How much of Racine’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 61% of violent crime and 32% of everything else, 47% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Racine 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).