Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Donnacona than in 78% of Canadian towns
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Donnacona’s Safety Grade is A−, on crime the police covering Donnacona reported from 2023 to 2025: #115 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 72 and 34. Out of every 1,000 residents, 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 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 for the Portneuf MRC.
What stands out about safety in Donnacona
Police clear more here
Police cleared 54% of Donnacona’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 43% of the rest), against 34% across 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 Donnacona stands 14th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Donnacona’s two halves part ways: 72 for violence (typical 85.7) and 34 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 44.5 in Donnacona. 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 grade: A− for Donnacona
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: #115 of 503 in Quebec and #394 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.
Donnacona’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Donnacona runs highest on drug offences (1 per 1,000 against 0.7). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 83 | 1.4 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.7 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 123.7 | 2.1 | 44% |
| Mischief | 136.7 | 2.3 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 150 | 2.6 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 60.7 | 1 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 105.3 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 56.7 | 1 | 33% |
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.
59,200 residents, about 570 violent incidents a year: the police area Donnacona 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.
Add about 630 property crimes and 440 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Donnacona comes 14th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 11 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 12 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| 13 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 14 | Donnacona Quebec | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 15 | Haliburton Village Ontario | 8,100 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 16 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 17 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| 18 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 24 | Acton Vale Quebec | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | 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 Donnacona in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Donnacona’s index climbed 7%
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (48.2) and 2023 the trough (41.3). For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Donnacona | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 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 Donnacona, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Donnacona
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Neuville | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Donnacona. Closest is Sainte-Croix, 6.6 km away, at 42.6 to 44.5 here. 4 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Donnacona alone.
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Donnacona
Is Donnacona safe?
Police-reported crime in Donnacona scores 44.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Donnacona?
Police record assault most, 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.4) and other Criminal Code offences (3.3).
Is crime going up in Donnacona?
It has: 41.3 in 2023 became 44.1 by 2025, a rise of 7%.
How much of Donnacona’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 54% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 67% of violent crime and 43% 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 Donnacona 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).