Photo: Nicolas Lefrançois · Public domainPer resident, Château-Richer records less crime than 81% of Canadian towns
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Split in two, the index gives 62.9 for violence and 35 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Château-Richer reported put it at A− for safety: #90 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, typical years here bring 10.3 violent incidents plus 11.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 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: one figure for all of the Côte-de-Beaupré MRC.
What stands out about safety in Château-Richer
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Château-Richer’s police clear 57%, 78% of violent crime and 44% of the rest. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Château-Richer places 6th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Château-Richer’s index of 42.7 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 Château-Richer’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: #90 of 503 in Quebec and #349 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 Château-Richer, 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 | 17 | 0.5 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Breaking and entering | 53.7 | 1.7 | 38% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 36.3 | 1.1 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 80.3 | 2.5 | 41% |
| Mischief | 63 | 2 | 36% |
| Weapons violations | 8.7 | 0.3 | 95% |
| Administration of justice violations | 56.3 | 1.8 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 29.7 | 0.9 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 55 | 1.7 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 39.3 | 1.2 | 23% |
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.
By its index, Château-Richer stands 6th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 4 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 6 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 8 | Neuville Quebec | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 4,829 | 45 | 53.2 | A− |
| 10 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Saint-Jacques Quebec | 4,830 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Château-Richer in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
32,700 residents, about 330 violent incidents a year: the police area Château-Richer 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.
Property crime adds about 380 a year and other violations 220 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Château-Richer, down 5% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (49.8) and 2025 the trough (38.2). 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 | Château-Richer | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 49.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 40.3 | 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 Château-Richer, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Château-Richer
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,704 | 26.8 | 44.8 | A+ |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Beaupré | 4,314 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Château-Richer. Closest is Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 9.6 km away, at 26.8 to 42.7 here. 4 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “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, Château-Richer among them.
Questions about safety in Château-Richer
Is Château-Richer safe?
Police-reported crime in Château-Richer scores 42.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.3 violent incidents and 11.8 property crimes 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 Château-Richer?
Police record assault most, 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.8) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.3).
Is crime going up in Château-Richer?
It went down 5% between 2023 and 2025, from 40.3 to 38.2.
How much of Château-Richer’s crime do police solve?
57%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 78% and non-violent crime at 44%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Château-Richer together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).