Photo: Étudiant-e désirant garder l'anonymat. · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Larouche runs lower than in 70% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 80 and its non-violent half to 36.6, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Larouche reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 10.2 violent incidents and 11.4 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+. None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Fjord-du-Saguenay MRC.
What stands out about safety in Larouche
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 53% for Larouche (68% violent, 40% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Larouche scores 80 for violence and 36.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
About the Quebec norm
Larouche’s index of 48.7 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’s behind Larouche’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.
Crime in Larouche, type by type
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 18.7 | 0.8 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 47 | 2.1 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1.7 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 46.7 | 2 | 39% |
| Mischief | 32 | 1.4 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 36 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 13 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 42.3 | 1.9 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.5 | 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 people or more.
The police area Larouche is part of, 23,200 residents, recorded about 230 violent incidents a year (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 260 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Year by year in Larouche: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 53.8 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 46.1 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Larouche | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 53.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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 Larouche, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Larouche
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larouche | 1,734 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| Saint-Bruno | 2,935 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| Hébertville-Station | 1,298 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| Hébertville | 2,588 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,167 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| Alma | 30,659 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Gédéon | 2,349 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Larouche.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Larouche alone.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Larouche
Is Larouche safe?
Police-reported crime in Larouche scores 48.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.2 violent incidents and 11.4 property crimes 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 Larouche?
Police record assault most, 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (2.8) and fraud (2.6).
Is crime going up in Larouche?
Not much: the index went from 46.1 in 2023 to 46.1 in 2025.
How much of Larouche’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 68% of violent crime and 40% of everything else, 53% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Larouche 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).