Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Baie-Saint-Paul runs lower than in 77% of Canadian towns
Across Quebec’s towns, the middle index is 56.1. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Baie-Saint-Paul reported through 2023 to 2025: #123 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 79.1 and other offences to 31.7, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, 11.7 violent incidents and 10.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical 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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Charlevoix MRC.
What stands out about safety in Baie-Saint-Paul
Visitors count, residents divide
Tourists, seasonal staff and day visitors fill Baie-Saint-Paul, but Statistics Canada counts its rates per usual resident: every figure here is stretched by people who don’t live in it. How to read it ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Baie-Saint-Paul’s police clear 68%, 85% of violent crime and 51% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Baie-Saint-Paul moved from 55.9 to 40.3, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Baie-Saint-Paul records 1.6 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Baie-Saint-Paul: A− for safety, and why
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: #123 of 503 in Quebec and #407 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.
What police record in Baie-Saint-Paul, by type
Against the typical town its size, Baie-Saint-Paul runs highest on drug offences (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Break and enter 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 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 1.1 | 52% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.7 | 0.4 | 65% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 2.7 | 47% |
| Mischief | 28.7 | 2 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.3 | 2.1 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 22 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 45.3 | 3.2 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 10.3 | 0.7 | 39% |
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.
Year by year in Baie-Saint-Paul: down 28%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 55.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 38.7 in 2024. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Baie-Saint-Paul | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 55.9 | 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 Baie-Saint-Paul, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 170 violent incidents a year across the police area of 14,300 residents that includes Baie-Saint-Paul, 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 150 property crimes, plus 120 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Baie-Saint-Paul comes 16th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 11 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 14 | Donnacona Quebec | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 15 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 16 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| 17 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 18 | Cornwall Prince Edward Island | 7,920 | 46.9 | 58 | B+ |
| 19 | La Broquerie Manitoba | 7,808 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 23 | Acton Vale Quebec | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | 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 Baie-Saint-Paul in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Baie-Saint-Paul
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| L'Isle-aux-Coudres | 1,083 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Saint-Urbain | 1,431 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Les Éboulements | 1,661 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Petite-Rivière-Saint-François | 1,150 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Saint-Hilarion | 1,221 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
5 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Baie-Saint-Paul alone.
Questions about safety in Baie-Saint-Paul
Is Baie-Saint-Paul safe?
Its police recorded 11.7 violent incidents and 10.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Baie-Saint-Paul a Crime Severity Index of 45. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Baie-Saint-Paul?
Assault is the most common, at 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (4.3) and fraud (3.9).
Is crime going up in Baie-Saint-Paul?
It went down 28% between 2023 and 2025, from 55.9 to 40.3.
How much of Baie-Saint-Paul’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 68% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 85% of violent crime and 51% 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 Baie-Saint-Paul 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).