Photo: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada · CC BY 2.0For recorded crime, Sorel-Tracy sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 84.9 and other offences to 48.7, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Annual rates stand at 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Taking everything together, Sorel-Tracy scores B (#278 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 60.6; it fell to 56.1 in 2025.
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 Pierre-De Saurel MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sorel-Tracy
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Sorel-Tracy records 1.6 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Sorel-Tracy’s police clear 47%, 65% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Sorel-Tracy stands 21st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 58.7 in Sorel-Tracy. 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 B for Sorel-Tracy, 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: #278 of 503 in Quebec and #888 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Sorel-Tracy, by type
Against the typical town its size, Sorel-Tracy runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (0.5 per 1,000 against 0.06), drug offences (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft 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 | 32.3 | 0.6 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11 | 0.2 | 82% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Breaking and entering | 111.3 | 2.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 76.7 | 1.4 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 21 | 0.4 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 272 | 5.1 | 35% |
| Mischief | 149.7 | 2.8 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 10 | 0.2 | 77% |
| Administration of justice violations | 261.3 | 4.9 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19 | 0.4 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 85.3 | 1.6 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 88.7 | 1.7 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 126.7 | 2.4 | 12% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Sorel-Tracy, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 60.6, and 2025 the lightest at 56.1. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sorel-Tracy | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 59.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 60.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Sorel-Tracy, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Sorel-Tracy is part of, 54,100 residents, recorded about 760 violent incidents a year (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 900 a year and other violations 620 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Sorel-Tracy is 21st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 8 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Thorold Ontario | 33,844 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 19 | Grimsby Ontario | 31,478 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 20 | Leamington Ontario | 34,653 | 57.2 | 81.7 | B |
| 21 | Sorel-Tracy Quebec | 36,537 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 22 | Stratford Ontario | 36,097 | 62.2 | 65.5 | B− |
| 23 | Elmira Ontario | 31,382 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 24 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Sorel-Tracy in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Sorel-Tracy
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | 1,602 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | 2,170 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Berthierville | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 2,298 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
The places around Sorel-Tracy all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola (4.4 km away), scores 58 against 58.7. Same police, same number: 3 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
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sorel-Tracy among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Sorel-Tracy
Is Sorel-Tracy safe?
The short answer is an index of 58.7 for Sorel-Tracy (2023–2025), built from 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Sorel-Tracy?
The three biggest groups are assault at 7.4, other Criminal Code offences at 5.7 and theft under $5,000 at 5.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Sorel-Tracy?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 7%, to 56.1 from 60.6.
How much of Sorel-Tracy’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 35% of everything else, 47% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sorel-Tracy 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).