Photo: Mathieu Lab · CC BY 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Chute-Saint-Philippe than in 61% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 20.5 violent incidents and 16.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 73.1 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its Safety Grade is C+, on crime the police covering Chute-Saint-Philippe reported from 2023 to 2025. In 2023 the index stood at 68.6; it rose to 72.3 in 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: one figure for all of the Antoine-Labelle MRC.
What stands out about safety in Chute-Saint-Philippe
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Chute-Saint-Philippe, yet 41% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 62% of crime in Chute-Saint-Philippe ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 82% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 131 on Chute-Saint-Philippe’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 50.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Chute-Saint-Philippe’s index of 73.1 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’s behind Chute-Saint-Philippe’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Chute-Saint-Philippe’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Chute-Saint-Philippe runs highest on assault (10 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 35.3 | 0.9 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.7 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 8.3 | 0.2 | 96% |
| Other violent violations | 18.3 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 86.3 | 2.3 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.3 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73 | 1.9 | 27% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 28% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 155 | 4.1 | 49% |
| Mischief | 116.7 | 3.1 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 17.7 | 0.5 | 77% |
| Administration of justice violations | 146.3 | 3.9 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 0.5 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 63.3 | 1.7 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 93.3 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 70 | 1.8 | 13% |
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.
Chute-Saint-Philippe, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 78.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 68.6. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Chute-Saint-Philippe | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 68.6 | 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 Chute-Saint-Philippe, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 770 violent incidents a year across the police area of 38,200 residents that includes Chute-Saint-Philippe, 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 450 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Chute-Saint-Philippe
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chute-Saint-Philippe | 1,154 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Lac-des-Écorces (19 km) | 3,005 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Ferme-Neuve (21 km) | 2,816 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Mont-Laurier (29 km) | 14,598 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Chute-Saint-Philippe with figures are 19–29 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Chute-Saint-Philippe shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Chute-Saint-Philippe
Is Chute-Saint-Philippe safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Chute-Saint-Philippe scores 73.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 20.5 violent and 16.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Chute-Saint-Philippe?
Most often it is assault: 10 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 5.1 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.
Is crime going up in Chute-Saint-Philippe?
Yes: the index rose 5%, from 68.6 in 2023 to 72.3 in 2025.
How much of Chute-Saint-Philippe’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 82% of violent crime and 41% of everything else, 62% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Chute-Saint-Philippe 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).