Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 58 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. Each year brought 11.9 violent incidents and 14.8 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). All told, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon grades B for safety (#271 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Its two neighbours with figures both record 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the D'Autray MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon’s police clear 53%, 74% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon stands 24th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon’s index splits into violent crime, 90.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 45.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 58 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. 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.
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon: 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: #271 of 503 in Quebec and #876 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-Gabriel-de-Brandon, 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 | 41 | 0.9 | 50% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.1 | 94% |
| Other violent violations | 12 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 111 | 2.4 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21.7 | 0.5 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 114.3 | 2.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.6 | 20% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 115.3 | 2.5 | 34% |
| Mischief | 89 | 1.9 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Administration of justice violations | 130.7 | 2.8 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 44.7 | 1 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 129.7 | 2.8 | 89% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 67.3 | 1.4 | 21% |
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.
By its index, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon stands 24th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Dégelis Quebec | 2,943 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| 22 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford Quebec | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 23 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints Quebec | 2,841 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 24 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Quebec | 2,916 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 25 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu Quebec | 2,984 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 26 | Botwood Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,884 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| 27 | Moosomin Saskatchewan | 2,906 | 68.2 | 62.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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-Gabriel-de-Brandon in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 560 violent incidents a year in the 47,600-resident police area around Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, 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 690 property crimes, plus 440 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Year by year in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 65.8; 2023 was the lightest, at 53.9. 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 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 65.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.9 | 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-Gabriel-de-Brandon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | 2,916 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Gabriel | 3,091 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Norbert | 1,143 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Mandeville | 2,511 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Cuthbert | 1,865 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
The places around Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Saint-Félix-de-Valois (12.4 km away), scores 57.5 against 58. Same police, same number: 4 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Is Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon comes to 58. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 11.9 violent incidents and 14.8 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon?
Top of the list is assault (5.5 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4.8, and fraud, at 4.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon?
Hardly at all, from 53.9 in 2023 to 54.4 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 74% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 53% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).