Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Stoke runs lower than in 76% of Canadian towns
Typical years here bring 10.5 violent incidents plus 11.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Scored on crime the police covering Stoke reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A− for safety: #124 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 82.8 and 30.3.
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: one figure for all of the Val-Saint-François MRC.
What stands out about safety in Stoke
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 82.8 on Stoke’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 30.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Stoke stands 12th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Stoke ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 61% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 45 in Stoke. 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 sits behind Stoke’s A−
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.
Which crimes make up Stoke’s figures
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 | 23.7 | 0.7 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 49 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.3 | 1.3 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.2 | 21% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 74.3 | 2.3 | 44% |
| Mischief | 55.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Drug violations | 20 | 0.6 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 40 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 18.3 | 0.6 | 16% |
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.
Stoke’s index fell 14% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 50.5 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 41. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stoke | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 41 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.5 | 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 Stoke, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Stoke places 12th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 12 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 13 | Val-Morin Quebec | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Pilot Butte Saskatchewan | 3,255 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 15 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 3,189 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 17 | Adstock Quebec | 3,203 | 55.9 | 93.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Stoke in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
33,400 residents, about 350 violent incidents a year: the police area Stoke belongs to, 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 370 property crimes, plus 160 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 Stoke
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 54.6 | 85.1 | B |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
Stoke has the lowest index of the places around it. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Stoke alone.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Stoke
Is Stoke safe?
Stoke measures 45 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.5 violent incidents and 11.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Stoke?
Assault is the most common, at 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.8) and theft under $5,000 (2.3).
Is crime going up in Stoke?
The reverse: 50.5 in 2023 came down to 43.6 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of Stoke’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 47% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 61% of violent and 32% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Stoke 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).