Photo: Eliser24 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley records less crime per resident than 84% of Canadian towns
Its police logs show 8.2 violent incidents and 7.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Scored on crime the police covering Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A− for safety: #73 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 58.3 and other offences for 32.9, against usual levels of 85.7 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Memphrémagog MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
Down since 2023
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley’s index went from 45.1 in 2023 to 34.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley comes 8th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Quebec
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, 39.9. 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.
Inside Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley’s A− for safety
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: #73 of 503 in Quebec and #306 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.
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley’s index fell 23% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 45.1, against a low of 34.8 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 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45.1 | 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 Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley’s figures
Assault and fraud sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11 | 0.6 | 48% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 32.3 | 1.8 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 0.7 | 2% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21.7 | 1.2 | 23% |
| Mischief | 23.3 | 1.3 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.3 | 0.8 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 0.6 | 27% |
| Drug violations | 9.3 | 0.5 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 25.7 | 1.4 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 13.3 | 0.7 | 10% |
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, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley places 8th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 8 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Quebec | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 9 | Black Diamond Alberta | 2,910 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Quebec | 2,961 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Basile Quebec | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Labelle Quebec | 2,861 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Saint-Bruno Quebec | 2,935 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Quebec | 2,940 | 49.7 | 70.8 | 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 Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 150 violent incidents a year in the 18,800-resident police area around Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, 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 150 property crimes, plus 210 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Magog | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| Ayer's Cliff | 1,284 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Hatley | 2,512 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Waterville | 2,643 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| Orford | 5,698 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| Compton | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
The places around Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley all score higher on the index. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley among them.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
Is Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley safe?
Police-reported crime in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley scores 39.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 8.2 violent incidents and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley?
Assault is the most common, at 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (2.4) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.3).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 23%, to 34.8 from 45.1.
How much of Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 40% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 59% of violent and 26% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley 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).