Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Carleton-sur-Mer sees less crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
It grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering Carleton-sur-Mer reported from 2023 to 2025: #135 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.4 and other offences to 37, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. The local count comes to 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Still, its Crime Severity Index climbed from 45 in 2023 to 49.7 by 2025.
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 Avignon/Bonaventure MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Carleton-sur-Mer
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 52% for Carleton-sur-Mer (66% violent, 41% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Carleton-sur-Mer stands 11th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Carleton-sur-Mer scores 75.4 for violence and 37 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 47.7 in Carleton-sur-Mer. 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 Carleton-sur-Mer’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.
Its place: #135 of 503 in Quebec and #471 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 Carleton-sur-Mer, 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 | 0.7 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Breaking and entering | 56.3 | 1.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 35 | 1.1 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.2 | 38% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.7 | 2.8 | 43% |
| Mischief | 70.7 | 2.3 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 82 | 2.7 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 0.6 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 34.3 | 1.1 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 36 | 1.2 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 1 | 21% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Carleton-sur-Mer places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 8 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | West River Prince Edward Island | 4,155 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 11 | Carleton-sur-Mer Quebec | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 12 | Saint-Ambroise Quebec | 4,262 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 13 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix Quebec | 4,230 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 14 | East Angus Quebec | 4,261 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Crabtree Quebec | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Carleton-sur-Mer in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Carleton-sur-Mer, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 49.7, with 2023 the lightest at 45. 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 | Carleton-sur-Mer | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45 | 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 Carleton-sur-Mer, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
30,900 residents, about 380 violent incidents a year: the police area Carleton-sur-Mer belongs to, 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 360 property crimes, plus 230 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Carleton-sur-Mer
The comparison skips 2 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Carleton-sur-Mer shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Carleton-sur-Mer
Is Carleton-sur-Mer safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Carleton-sur-Mer scores 47.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12.4 violent and 11.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Carleton-sur-Mer?
Assault is the most common, at 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (3.8) and theft under $5,000 (2.8).
Is crime going up in Carleton-sur-Mer?
Yes: the index rose 11%, from 45 in 2023 to 49.7 in 2025.
How much of Carleton-sur-Mer’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 52% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 66% of violent crime and 41% 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 Carleton-sur-Mer 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).