Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Weedon has less crime per resident than 67% of Canadian towns
Across Quebec’s towns, the middle index is 56.1. Counting crime the police covering Weedon reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #173 of 503 in Quebec. Add to that, the yearly rates were 12.1 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 50.5 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Haut-Saint-François MRC.
What stands out about safety in Weedon
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Weedon stood at 55.3, by 2025 at 44.4. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Weedon places 14th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Weedon ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 60% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 89.1 on Weedon’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 35.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
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 Weedon’s B+
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: #173 of 503 in Quebec and #547 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 Weedon’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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25.3 | 1.1 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.7 | 0.4 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 49.7 | 2.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.3 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 43.7 | 1.8 | 31% |
| Mischief | 46.7 | 2 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 33.7 | 1.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 0.7 | 68% |
| Impaired driving | 34.3 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 20 | 0.8 | 22% |
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.
In Weedon, down 20% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 55.3, and 2025 the lightest at 44.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Weedon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 51.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 55.3 | 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 Weedon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Weedon places 14th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 7 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Labelle Quebec | 2,861 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 13 | Springdale Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,893 | 49.9 | 56.6 | B+ |
| 14 | Weedon Quebec | 2,845 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford Quebec | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 16 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 17 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints Quebec | 2,841 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Athabasca Alberta | 2,887 | 165 | 138.6 | 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 Weedon in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 290 violent incidents a year in the 24,300-resident police area around Weedon, 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 280 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Weedon
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
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Weedon among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. 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 Weedon
Is Weedon safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Weedon’s Crime Severity Index stands at 50.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.1 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Weedon?
Assault is the most common, at 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.8) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.6).
Is crime going up in Weedon?
Down 20%: 55.3 in 2023, 44.4 in 2025.
How much of Weedon’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 47% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 35% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Weedon 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).