Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford has less crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Its police logs show 9.4 violent incidents and 11.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers are 12.0 and 31.2. The index fell from 49.4 in 2023 to 42.5 in 2025. The Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence accounts for an index of 73.7 and other offences for 34.4, against usual levels of 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 for the Haute-Yamaska MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 48% for Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford (65% violent, 34% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford scores 73.7 for violence and 34.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford’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 Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (49.4); the low point came in 2025, at 42.5. 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 | Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 44.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 49.4 | 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 Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, type by type
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 | 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 people or more.
About 240 violent incidents a year across the police area of 26,100 residents that includes Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, 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-Joachim-de-Shefford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford | 1,552 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Roxton | 1,180 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Roxton Pond | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Waterloo | 5,714 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Roxton Falls | 1,399 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Valcourt | 1,081 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
1 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford. Just 14.7 km away, Valcourt comes to 45, against 45.3. The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford alone.
Questions about safety in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford
Is Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford safe?
Its police recorded 9.4 violent incidents and 11.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford a Crime Severity Index of 45.3. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford?
Police record assault most, 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.6) and other Criminal Code offences (2.9).
Is crime going up in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 42.5 from 49.4.
How much of Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 48% of crime (65% of violent crime, 34% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford 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).