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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is lower in Cap-Santé than in 78% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 72 for violence and 34 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). By 2025 the index had climbed to 44.1, up from 41.3 in 2023. Even so, on crime the police covering Cap-Santé reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #115 of 503 in Quebec. The yearly rates were 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Portneuf MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Cap-Santé
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 54% for Cap-Santé (67% violent, 43% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Cap-Santé places 9th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Cap-Santé scores 72 for violence and 34 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Cap-Santé’s index of 44.5 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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 Cap-Santé’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: #115 of 503 in Quebec and #394 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 Cap-Santé, 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 | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 83 | 1.4 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.7 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 123.7 | 2.1 | 44% |
| Mischief | 136.7 | 2.3 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 150 | 2.6 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 60.7 | 1 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 105.3 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 56.7 | 1 | 33% |
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.
Cap-Santé is 9th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 6 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 3,915 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 7 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 8 | L'Islet Quebec | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 9 | Cap-Santé Quebec | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | New Richmond Quebec | 3,947 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 11 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré Quebec | 4,009 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard Quebec | 3,974 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 13 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Quebec | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 14 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 56.3 | 77.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Watford Ontario | 3,955 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Cap-Santé in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 570 violent incidents a year across the police area of 59,200 residents that includes Cap-Santé, 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 630 property crimes and 440 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Cap-Santé, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 48.2, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 41.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cap-Santé | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 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 Cap-Santé, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Cap-Santé
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | 1,295 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Cap-Santé. Closest is Sainte-Croix, 8.9 km away, at 42.6 to 44.5 here. 4 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “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, Cap-Santé among them.
Questions about safety in Cap-Santé
Is Cap-Santé safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Cap-Santé scores 44.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 9.8 violent and 10.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Cap-Santé?
Most often it is assault: 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.4 and other Criminal Code offences at 3.3.
Is crime going up in Cap-Santé?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 7%, to 44.1 from 41.3.
How much of Cap-Santé’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 67% of violent crime and 43% of everything else, 54% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Cap-Santé 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).