Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Yamachiche records less crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
The local count comes to 9.3 violent incidents and 12.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, the Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Yamachiche reported through 2023 to 2025: #107 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 60.8 and other offences for 38, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Measured across the Maskinongé MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Yamachiche
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Yamachiche is 6th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 51% for Yamachiche (79% violent, 33% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Yamachiche scores 44.3. Towns its size ↓
Up since 2023
Yamachiche’s index went from 37.1 in 2023 to 45.2 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A− for Yamachiche, 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: #107 of 503 in Quebec and #379 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.
Crime in Yamachiche, type by type
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 | 21 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10.7 | 0.3 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 77.3 | 2 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72.3 | 1.9 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.7 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 88.3 | 2.3 | 28% |
| Mischief | 69 | 1.8 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 78.7 | 2 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.3 | 77% |
| Drug violations | 28.3 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 66 | 1.7 | 91% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 46.7 | 1.2 | 25% |
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.
Yamachiche’s index rose 22% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 50.5; 2023 was lightest, at 37.1. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Yamachiche | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 50.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 37.1 | 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 Yamachiche, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Yamachiche is 6th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 2 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 3 | Turner Valley Alberta | 2,784 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 4 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 5 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 6 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 7 | Vernon River Prince Edward Island | 2,779 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 8 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 9 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 10 | Weedon Quebec | 2,845 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 11 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Yamachiche in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Yamachiche is part of, 38,800 residents, recorded about 360 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 480 property crimes and 260 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 Yamachiche
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Louiseville | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Maskinongé | 2,457 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Sainte-Ursule | 1,363 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Charette | 1,178 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Yamachiche among them.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Yamachiche
Is Yamachiche safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Yamachiche’s Crime Severity Index stands at 44.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 9.3 violent incidents and 12.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Yamachiche?
Top of the list is assault (3.9 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.5, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 3.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Yamachiche?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 22%, to 45.2 from 37.1.
How much of Yamachiche’s crime do police solve?
51%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 79% and non-violent crime at 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Yamachiche 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).