Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Upton runs lower than in 62% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering Upton reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B for safety. Out of every 1,000 residents, 12.6 violent incidents and 13.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Violence accounts for an index of 86 and other offences for 41.9, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. All 4 towns next door with figures record less 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Acton MRC.
What stands out about safety in Upton
Police clear more here
Police cleared 53% of Upton’s crime, weighted by seriousness (68% of violent crime, 40% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Upton’s two halves part ways: 86 for violence (typical 86.4) and 41.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 54.1 in Upton. 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 Upton’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.
Upton’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 15 | 0.9 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Breaking and entering | 23.7 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.3 | 74% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 22.7 | 1.4 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 39 | 2.4 | 41% |
| Mischief | 41.7 | 2.6 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.3 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 57.7 | 3.5 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 25.7 | 1.6 | 66% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.2 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 15.7 | 1 | 24% |
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.
In Upton, up 13% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 59.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 48.5. 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 | Upton | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 59.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 48.5 | 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 Upton, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Upton is part of, 16,400 residents, recorded about 210 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 220 property crimes and 150 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Upton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton | 2,149 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Saint-Liboire | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 1,887 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton | 1,794 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton | 1,650 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Upton. Saint-Liboire, 5.9 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 49.7 to 54.1. 2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Upton alone.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Upton
Is Upton safe?
Upton’s Crime Severity Index is 54.1 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 12.6 violent incidents and 13.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Upton?
Police record assault most, 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (4.8) and other Criminal Code offences (4.4).
Is crime going up in Upton?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 13%, to 54.9 from 48.5.
How much of Upton’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 53%: 68% for violent crime and 40% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Upton 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).