Photo: Charny · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Maria records less crime than 73% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. By contrast, between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 45 to 49.7. Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering Maria reported from 2023 to 2025: #135 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.4 and other offences to 37, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Measured across the Avignon/Bonaventure MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Maria
More crime solved
Police cleared 52% of Maria’s crime, weighted by seriousness (66% of violent crime, 41% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Maria is 7th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Maria’s two halves part ways: 75.4 for violence (typical 85.7) and 37 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Maria scores 47.7. 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 B+ for Maria, 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.
Its place: #135 of 503 in Quebec and #471 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.
Maria’s crime by kind
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 | 0.7 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Breaking and entering | 56.3 | 1.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 35 | 1.1 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.2 | 38% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.7 | 2.8 | 43% |
| Mischief | 70.7 | 2.3 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 82 | 2.7 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 0.6 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 34.3 | 1.1 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 36 | 1.2 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 1 | 21% |
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.
Maria comes 7th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 5 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 6 | Vernon River Prince Edward Island | 2,779 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 7 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 8 | Bonaventure Quebec | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 9 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 10 | Souris Manitoba | 2,737 | 54.2 | 56.4 | B |
| 11 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 12 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Maria in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Maria, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 49.7, with 2023 the lightest at 45. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Maria | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45 | 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 Maria, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
30,900 residents, about 380 violent incidents a year: the police area Maria 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 360 property crimes and 230 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 Maria
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| New Richmond | 3,947 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
Sharing its police with 2 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
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Maria shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Maria
Is Maria safe?
Maria measures 47.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Maria?
Police record assault most, 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (3.8) and theft under $5,000 (2.8).
Is crime going up in Maria?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 11%, to 49.7 from 45.
How much of Maria’s crime do police solve?
About 52% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 66% of violent and 41% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Maria 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).