Photo: ShmushmuREAL · CC0Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby sees less crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is A−, on crime the police covering Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby reported from 2023 to 2025: #124 of 503 in Quebec. Add to that, recorded violent incidents ran at 9.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 11.2, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 73.7 and other offences to 34.4, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. None of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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. Measured across the Haute-Yamaska MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby comes 10th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby’s police clear 48%, 65% of violent crime and 34% of the rest. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby’s index splits into violent crime, 73.7 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 34.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
About the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, 45.3. 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 Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, 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: #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.
What police record in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, 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 | 0.3 | 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.
Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby’s index fell 14% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 49.4, against a low of 42.5 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 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 Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby is 10th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Quebec | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 12 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 53 | 61.7 | B+ |
| 13 | Piedmont Quebec | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 14 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez Quebec | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Saint-Thomas Quebec | 3,477 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 240 violent incidents a year across the police area of 26,100 residents that includes Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, 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 290 a year and other violations 160 (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 Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Brigham | 2,386 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Bromont | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| Granby | 72,180 | 62.6 | 92.5 | B− |
| Ange-Gardien | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Cowansville | 17,269 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby. Just 9.2 km away, Bromont comes to 38.1, against 45.3. One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby
Is Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby 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. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby?
Assault is the most common, at 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.6) and other Criminal Code offences (2.9).
Is crime going up in Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 42.5 from 49.4.
How much of Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby’s crime do police solve?
48%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 65% and non-violent crime at 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby 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).