Photo: Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin · CC BY 3.0Rougemont has less crime per resident than three in five Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Rougemont reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B for safety: #228 of 503 in Quebec. Police counts work out at 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Its two neighbours with figures both record less crime per resident. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 55 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Rouville MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Rougemont
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Rougemont (66% violent, 35% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Rougemont places 14th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Rougemont’s index of 55 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Rougemont scores 88.5 for violence and 42 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Rougemont: B for safety, and why
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Rougemont, type 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 | 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Rougemont is 14th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 6 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Springdale Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,893 | 49.9 | 56.6 | B+ |
| 12 | Weedon Quebec | 2,845 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford Quebec | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 14 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 15 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints Quebec | 2,841 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Rougemont in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Rougemont’s index dropped 5%
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 61 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 50.6 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rougemont | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 61 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 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 Rougemont, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 340 violent incidents a year across the police area of 28,700 residents that includes Rougemont, 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 Rougemont
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Césaire | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir | 1,862 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Damase | 2,390 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Marieville | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
Rougemont has the highest index of the places around it. Just 9.1 km away, Saint-Damase comes to 49.7, against 55. Its police also cover 4 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
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. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Rougemont among them.
Questions about safety in Rougemont
Is Rougemont safe?
Its police recorded 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Rougemont a Crime Severity Index of 55. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Rougemont?
Assault is the most common, at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (4.9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.7).
Is crime going up in Rougemont?
Down 5%: 53.3 in 2023, 50.6 in 2025.
How much of Rougemont’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 49% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 66% of violent crime and 35% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Rougemont together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).