Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lebel-sur-Quévillon sees more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 90.6, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ sits at 67.2. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 40%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Still, the Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crime the police covering Lebel-sur-Quévillon reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 29.8 violent incidents and 17.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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.
What stands out about safety in Lebel-sur-Quévillon
Assault: high for a town its size
Lebel-sur-Quévillon records 16.1 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 183.4 on Lebel-sur-Quévillon’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 54.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 90.6 in Lebel-sur-Quévillon. 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 Lebel-sur-Quévillon, 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.
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 Lebel-sur-Quévillon’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Lebel-sur-Quévillon runs highest on drug offences (2.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (16.1 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6 | 2.7 | 45% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.3 | 1.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 31% |
| Mischief | 9.3 | 4.2 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 10 | 4.6 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 5 | 2.3 | 34% |
| Impaired driving | 2.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 1.4 | — |
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.
About 65 violent incidents a year reached Lebel-sur-Quévillon’s police, 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 37 a year and other violations 24 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Lebel-sur-Quévillon’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 112.6, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 74.2. 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 | Lebel-sur-Quévillon | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 112.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 74.2 | 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 Lebel-sur-Quévillon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Lebel-sur-Quévillon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebel-sur-Quévillon | 2,229 | 90.6 | 183.4 | C |
| Senneterre (77 km) | 2,832 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Barraute (84 km) | 1,939 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
| Senneterre (91 km) | 1,189 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Matagami (92 km) | 1,364 | 166.4 | 274.8 | D |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier (93 km) | 1,046 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
Lebel-sur-Quévillon sits above 2 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Barraute, 83.8 km away, at 78.7 to 90.6 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 77–93 km from Lebel-sur-Quévillon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 2,229 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- 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. 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.
Questions about safety in Lebel-sur-Quévillon
Is Lebel-sur-Quévillon safe?
Police-reported crime in Lebel-sur-Quévillon scores 90.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 29.8 violent incidents and 17 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Lebel-sur-Quévillon?
The three biggest groups are assault at 16.1, other Criminal Code offences at 5.9 and theft under $5,000 at 4.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Lebel-sur-Quévillon?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 14%, to 84.9 from 74.2. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Lebel-sur-Quévillon’s crime do police solve?
40%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 51% and non-violent crime at 31%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Lebel-sur-Quévillon alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).