Photo: Richard Mc Neil · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Terrebonne runs lower than in 83% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 72.5 and 29.6. Violence and property crime split as 8.3 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. On top of that, on the record of crime the police covering Terrebonne reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A− for safety: #78 of 503 in Quebec. Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records more 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.
What stands out about safety in Terrebonne
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 58% for Terrebonne (75% violent, 42% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Terrebonne stands 7th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Terrebonne scores 72.5 for violence and 29.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 75.2 and 54.2. By type ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 41.6 in Terrebonne. 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 Terrebonne’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: #78 of 503 in Quebec and #319 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Crime in Terrebonne, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Terrebonne runs highest on drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.9). Theft under $5,000 and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 64 | 0.4 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 50 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 14.7 | 0.10 | 52% |
| Robbery | 30.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 21.3 | 0.1 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 45.3 | 0.3 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 181.7 | 1.2 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 30.7 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 223.7 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 39.3 | 0.3 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 522.3 | 3.5 | 35% |
| Mischief | 160.7 | 1.1 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 28.7 | 0.2 | 71% |
| Administration of justice violations | 331.3 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 54 | 0.4 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 162.3 | 1.1 | 87% |
| Impaired driving | 243.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 61 | 0.4 | 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 50,000 people or more.
By its index, Terrebonne stands 7th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Lévis Quebec | 160,882 | 34.5 | 57.5 | A |
| 4 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 36 | 33.7 | A |
| 5 | Bolton Ontario | 90,201 | 39.2 | 51 | A |
| 6 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 40.5 | 49.7 | A− |
| 7 | Terrebonne Quebec | 126,872 | 41.6 | 72.5 | A− |
| 8 | Cape Breton Nova Scotia | 106,752 | 44 | 56.2 | A− |
| 9 | Airdrie Alberta | 92,544 | 44.3 | 48.7 | A− |
| 10 | Whitby Ontario | 162,413 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 100,806 | 53.1 | 81 | B+ |
| 16 | Saguenay Quebec | 151,972 | 53.3 | 87.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Victoria British Columbia | 103,888 | 161.3 | 160.1 | 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 Terrebonne in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Terrebonne recorded about 1,260 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.
Add about 1,630 property crimes and 980 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
In Terrebonne, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 46.5, with 2025 the lightest at 39. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Terrebonne | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 46.5 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 39.4 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Terrebonne, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Terrebonne
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrebonne | 126,872 | 41.6 | 72.5 | A− |
| Mascouche | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| Saint-François | 15,338 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | 36,220 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
Terrebonne has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Terrebonne
Is Terrebonne safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 41.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Terrebonne stands, with 8.3 violent and 10.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Terrebonne?
Assault is the most common, at 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (3.5) and fraud (3).
Is crime going up in Terrebonne?
Barely: 39.4 in 2023, 39 in 2025.
How much of Terrebonne’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 58% of crime (75% of violent crime, 42% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Terrebonne’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).