Photo: Roncanada · CC BY-SA 4.0Louiseville sees less crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 9.3 violent incidents and 12.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 60.8 and its non-violent half to 38, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The grade is A−, built on crime the police covering Louiseville reported from 2023 to 2025: #107 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Maskinongé MRC.
What stands out about safety in Louiseville
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 51% of crime in Louiseville ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 79% of violent crime and 33% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Louiseville stands 11th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 44.3 in Louiseville. Towns its size ↓
Rising since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Louiseville moved from 37.1 to 45.2, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
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 Louiseville
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: #107 of 503 in Quebec and #379 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.
Which crimes make up Louiseville’s figures
Mischief 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 | 21 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10.7 | 0.3 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 77.3 | 2 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72.3 | 1.9 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.7 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 88.3 | 2.3 | 28% |
| Mischief | 69 | 1.8 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 78.7 | 2 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.3 | 77% |
| Drug violations | 28.3 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 66 | 1.7 | 91% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 46.7 | 1.2 | 25% |
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.
Year by year in Louiseville: up 22%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 50.5; 2023 was lightest, at 37.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Louiseville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 50.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 37.1 | 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 Louiseville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Louiseville places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 9 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| 11 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 12 | Donnacona Quebec | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 13 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 14 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| 15 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois Quebec | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | 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 Louiseville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
38,800 residents, about 360 violent incidents a year: the police area Louiseville 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 480 property crimes and 260 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Louiseville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louiseville | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Maskinongé | 2,457 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Sainte-Ursule | 1,363 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 2,115 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Paulin | 1,659 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
Sharing its police with 5 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “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 Louiseville alone.
Questions about safety in Louiseville
Is Louiseville safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Louiseville scores 44.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 9.3 violent and 12.6 property incidents 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 Louiseville?
Top of the list is assault (3.9 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.5, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 3.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Louiseville?
Up 22%: 37.1 in 2023, 45.2 in 2025.
How much of Louiseville’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 51% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 79% of violent crime and 33% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Louiseville 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).