Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainRoberval records less crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of B follows from crime the police covering Roberval reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #182 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 69.5 and other offences for 47.8, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Each year brought 9.2 violent incidents and 18.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+). The index held steady between 2023 (55.1) and 2025 (52.8).
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. The crime severity and crime rate numbers here cover the Longueuil service area.
What sits behind Roberval’s B
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Roberval alone.
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: #182 of 503 in Quebec and #652 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Which crimes make up Longueuil’s figures
These are Longueuil’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Longueuil runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.2 per 1,000 against 1.7). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 123.3 | 0.3 | 29% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 104.7 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 16.3 | 0.04 | 43% |
| Robbery | 203.3 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 31.3 | 0.07 | 83% |
| Other violent violations | 148.3 | 0.3 | 52% |
| Breaking and entering | 865.7 | 1.9 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 80 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 998.3 | 2.2 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 570.3 | 1.3 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,075.7 | 6.8 | 24% |
| Mischief | 855 | 1.9 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 77 | 0.2 | 60% |
| Administration of justice violations | 992.7 | 2.2 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 171 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 388.7 | 0.9 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 494 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1,051.7 | 2.3 | 15% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Roberval, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 55.1, and its lowest 2025, at 52.8. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roberval | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.8 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 53.3 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 55.1 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Roberval, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Roberval
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberval | 2,536 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Zone Aéroportuaire | 3,588 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Robert | 9,186 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Sacré-Coeur | 20,375 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay | 21,776 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Maricourt | 14,407 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- City-wide figures. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Roberval carries the city-wide figures.
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Roberval
Is Roberval safe?
Statistics Canada puts Roberval at 53.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.2 and property crimes at 18.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Roberval?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (4.5) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.8).
Is crime going up in Roberval?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 55.1 to 52.8.
How much of Roberval’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 56% of violent crime and 24% of everything else, 36% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
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).