Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Roxton Pond sees less crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Scored on crime the police covering Roxton Pond reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A− for safety: #124 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 9.4 violent incidents and 11.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 73.7 and 34.4.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Haute-Yamaska MRC.
What stands out about safety in Roxton Pond
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Roxton Pond places 7th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 48% of crime in Roxton Pond ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 65% of violent crime and 34% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 73.7 on Roxton Pond’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 34.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Roxton Pond’s index of 45.3 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
What’s behind Roxton Pond’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: #124 of 503 in Quebec and #415 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 Roxton Pond’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 | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 22.3 | 0.9 | 51% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 42.7 | 1.7 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28.7 | 1.1 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 55.7 | 2.2 | 25% |
| Mischief | 42 | 1.6 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 61.7 | 2.4 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 0.3 | 64% |
| Drug violations | 23.7 | 0.9 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 28.3 | 1.1 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 22.7 | 0.9 | 7% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Roxton Pond places 7th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 5 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 6 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 4,829 | 45 | 53.2 | A− |
| 7 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 8 | Marmora Ontario | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 9 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,815 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 10 | Cumberland British Columbia | 4,974 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Saint-Jacques Quebec | 4,830 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 16 | Warwick Quebec | 4,939 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Quebec | 5,054 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Sutton Quebec | 4,775 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Flin Flon (Part) Manitoba | 4,732 | 332 | 605.3 | 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 Roxton Pond in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Roxton Pond: down 14%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (49.4); 2025 was the lightest, at 42.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roxton Pond | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 44.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 49.4 | 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 Roxton Pond, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 240 violent incidents a year across the police area of 26,100 residents that includes Roxton Pond, 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 290 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 Roxton Pond
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxton Pond | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton | 2,267 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Granby | 72,180 | 62.6 | 92.5 | B− |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton | 1,794 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford | 1,552 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Roxton | 1,180 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
The places around Roxton Pond all score higher on the index. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Roxton Pond among them.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Roxton Pond
Is Roxton Pond safe?
Police-reported crime in Roxton Pond scores 45.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.4 violent incidents and 11.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Roxton Pond?
Most often it is assault: 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.6 and other Criminal Code offences at 2.9.
Is crime going up in Roxton Pond?
Down 14%: 49.4 in 2023, 42.5 in 2025.
How much of Roxton Pond’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 48% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 65% of violent crime and 34% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Roxton Pond 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).