Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Danville than in 60% of Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 19.9 violent incidents and 18.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Measured on crime the police covering Danville reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C+: #367 of 503 in Quebec. Its 3 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 72.6 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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: the Sources MRC.
What stands out about safety in Danville
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Danville’s police clear 52%, 67% of violent crime and 37% of the rest. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Danville’s index splits into violent crime, 127.5 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 51.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Danville is 24th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Danville scores 72.6. 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.
The C+ for Danville, 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.
Its place: #367 of 503 in Quebec and #1,528 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 Danville, by type
Against the typical town its size, Danville runs highest on sexual assault (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.9), assault (9.7 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (3.8 per 1,000 against 2.8). 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 | 16.3 | 1.1 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 3.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17 | 1.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 77.3 | 5.1 | 46% |
| Mischief | 46 | 3 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 2.8 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 1.1 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 22 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 14.7 | 1 | 16% |
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.
Danville’s index fell 5% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 74.4 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 70.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Danville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 72.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74.4 | 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 Danville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Danville is 24th 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 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | North Norfolk Manitoba | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 22 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay British Columbia | 3,893 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 23 | Okanagan Falls British Columbia | 4,002 | 71.9 | 63.7 | C+ |
| 24 | Danville Quebec | 3,944 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| 25 | Colchester County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,891 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| 26 | Penhold Alberta | 3,812 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| 27 | Pincher Creek Alberta | 3,890 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 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 Danville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 300 violent incidents a year in the 15,100-resident police area around Danville, 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 280 property crimes and 110 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 Danville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 3,944 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Val-des-Sources | 7,303 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Kingsey Falls | 2,072 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Tingwick | 1,567 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | 1,034 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Wotton | 1,448 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
The places around Danville all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Kingsey Falls (9.6 km away), scores 55 against 72.6. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Danville among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Danville
Is Danville safe?
Danville’s Crime Severity Index is 72.6 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 19.9 violent incidents and 18.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Danville?
Police record assault most, 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (5.2) and theft under $5,000 (5.1).
Is crime going up in Danville?
No: the index fell 5%, from 74.4 in 2023 to 70.6 in 2025.
How much of Danville’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 52% of crime (67% of violent crime, 37% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Danville 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).