Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Mansfield-et-Pontefract runs lower than in 60% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 83.9 and its non-violent half to 44.9, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. In 2023 the index stood at 57.5; it fell to 54.2 in 2025. What’s more, on crime the police covering Mansfield-et-Pontefract reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B for safety. Per 1,000 residents a year, 16.9 violent incidents and 12.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Pontiac MRC.
What stands out about safety in Mansfield-et-Pontefract
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 63% of Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s crime, weighted by seriousness (79% of violent crime, 51% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s two halves part ways: 83.9 for violence (typical 86.4) and 44.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 55.7 in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. 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 sits behind Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s B
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.
Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Mansfield-et-Pontefract runs highest on drug offences (2.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (8.4 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 | 9 | 0.6 | 78% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.3 | 0.6 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6 | 0.4 | 38% |
| Breaking and entering | 34.7 | 2.3 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.3 | 1.6 | 23% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 35 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 37.3 | 2.5 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59 | 4 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 0.5 | 82% |
| Drug violations | 37.3 | 2.5 | 98% |
| Impaired driving | 45.3 | 3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 13.7 | 0.9 | 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 people or more.
Mansfield-et-Pontefract, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 57.5 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 54.2. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mansfield-et-Pontefract | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 55.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 57.5 | 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 Mansfield-et-Pontefract, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 250 violent incidents a year in the 15,000-resident police area around Mansfield-et-Pontefract, 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 190 property crimes and 190 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 Mansfield-et-Pontefract
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield-et-Pontefract | 2,332 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
| Fort-Coulonge | 1,293 | 55.7 | 83.9 | B |
| Whitewater Region | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Mansfield-et-Pontefract among them.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Mansfield-et-Pontefract
Is Mansfield-et-Pontefract safe?
Mansfield-et-Pontefract measures 55.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 16.9 violent incidents and 12.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
Most often it is assault: 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 5.4 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.6.
Is crime going up in Mansfield-et-Pontefract?
It went down 6% between 2023 and 2025, from 57.5 to 54.2.
How much of Mansfield-et-Pontefract’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 63%: 79% for violent crime and 51% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Mansfield-et-Pontefract 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).