Photo: The original uploader was Stéphane Voyer at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 1.0Crime per resident in Havre-Saint-Pierre runs higher than in 82% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 223.3 for violence and 66.4 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Each year brought 45.4 violent incidents and 16.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). What’s more, its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Havre-Saint-Pierre reported over 2023 to 2025: #493 of 503 in Quebec.
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. Measured across the Minganie MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Havre-Saint-Pierre
Assault: high for a town its size
Havre-Saint-Pierre records 27.4 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Havre-Saint-Pierre’s index splits into violent crime, 223.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 66.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Havre-Saint-Pierre’s index of 110.6 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Havre-Saint-Pierre’s police clear 67%, 78% of violent crime and 53% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Havre-Saint-Pierre’s C− for safety
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: #493 of 503 in Quebec and #2,009 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 Havre-Saint-Pierre, by type
Against the typical town its size, Havre-Saint-Pierre runs highest on assault (27.4 per 1,000 against 6.7), drug offences (2.7 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud 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 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.3 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.8 | 66% |
| Other violent violations | 14.3 | 2.2 | 82% |
| Breaking and entering | 26.7 | 4.1 | 41% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7 | 1.1 | 57% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20 | 3 | 40% |
| Mischief | 35.3 | 5.4 | 50% |
| Weapons violations | 8.3 | 1.3 | 96% |
| Administration of justice violations | 49.3 | 7.5 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.7 | 2.7 | 60% |
| Impaired driving | 15 | 2.3 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11.3 | 1.7 | 29% |
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, Havre-Saint-Pierre stands 32nd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 8 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,361 | 89.9 | 103.7 | C |
| 30 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,401 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 31 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 103.6 | 169 | C− |
| 32 | Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec | 3,389 | 110.6 | 223.3 | C− |
| 33 | Pictou Nova Scotia | 3,307 | 126.6 | 152.7 | D |
| 34 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 157.5 | 248.1 | D |
| 35 | Gibbons Alberta | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Havre-Saint-Pierre in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 300 violent incidents a year in the 6,590-resident police area around Havre-Saint-Pierre, 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 110 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.
Havre-Saint-Pierre’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 115.6, with 2025 the lightest at 107.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Havre-Saint-Pierre | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 115.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 108.7 | 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 Havre-Saint-Pierre, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Havre-Saint-Pierre
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havre-Saint-Pierre | 3,389 | 110.6 | 223.3 | C− |
| Grande-Vallée (159 km) | 1,087 | 57.9 | 106.1 | B |
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Havre-Saint-Pierre has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 159 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Havre-Saint-Pierre alone.
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Havre-Saint-Pierre
Is Havre-Saint-Pierre safe?
Havre-Saint-Pierre scores 110.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 45.4 violent incidents and 16.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Havre-Saint-Pierre?
Top of the list is assault (27.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 10, and mischief, at 5.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Havre-Saint-Pierre?
Not much: the index went from 108.7 in 2023 to 107.3 in 2025.
How much of Havre-Saint-Pierre’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 67% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 78% of violent and 53% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Havre-Saint-Pierre 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).