Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Causapscal sees less crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 12.8 violent incidents and 11.7 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+). Even so, on crime the police covering Causapscal reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B for safety. A Crime Severity Index of 53.7, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Matapédia MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Causapscal
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Causapscal moved from 70.3 to 44.5, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 63% of crime in Causapscal ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 86% of violent crime and 38% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Causapscal scores 53.7. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 103.9 on Causapscal’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 34.2 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.
The B for Causapscal, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
From 2023 to 2025, Causapscal’s index dropped 37%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 70.3; the lightest was 2025, at 44.5. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Causapscal | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 46.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 70.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Causapscal, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Which crimes make up Causapscal’s figures
Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14 | 0.8 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 26.3 | 1.5 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.3 | 0.8 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 55 | 3.1 | 45% |
| Mischief | 40 | 2.2 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 47.7 | 2.7 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 0.8 | 93% |
| Impaired driving | 27 | 1.5 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 31.3 | 1.8 | 12% |
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 people or more.
The police area Causapscal is part of, 17,800 residents, recorded about 230 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.
Property crime adds about 210 a year and other violations 140 (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 Causapscal
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causapscal | 2,151 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| Lac-au-Saumon | 1,485 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| Amqui | 6,059 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
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
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Causapscal alone.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in Causapscal
Is Causapscal safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Causapscal’s Crime Severity Index stands at 53.7 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.8 violent incidents and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Causapscal?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.5, Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.8 and other Criminal Code offences at 3.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Causapscal?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 37%, to 44.5 from 70.3.
How much of Causapscal’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 63%: 86% for violent crime and 38% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Causapscal 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).