Photo: Carboj · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Montmagny than in 71% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 77.8 and 37. Year on year, 10.3 violent incidents and 13.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Montmagny reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #151 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Montmagny MRC.
What stands out about safety in Montmagny
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 60% of crime in Montmagny ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 84% of violent crime and 44% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Montmagny comes 16th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Quebec middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Montmagny, 48.4. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Montmagny’s index went from 42.2 in 2023 to 48.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60. 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.
What sits behind Montmagny’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.
Its place: #151 of 503 in Quebec and #497 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Montmagny’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Montmagny runs highest on drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 33 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.3 | 0.7 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 89.7 | 3.9 | 45% |
| Mischief | 47.7 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 69 | 3 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 93% |
| Drug violations | 28 | 1.2 | 58% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28.3 | 1.2 | 40% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Montmagny’s index rose 16% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 54.1; 2023 was the lightest, at 42.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Montmagny | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 54.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 42.2 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Montmagny, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Montmagny is part of, 23,000 residents, recorded about 230 violent incidents a year (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 300 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.
Montmagny comes 16th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | L'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,921 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,716 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Pont-Rouge Quebec | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 13 | Coldstream British Columbia | 11,380 | 45.1 | 61.9 | A− |
| 14 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 15 | Walkerton Ontario | 10,811 | 47.4 | 56.9 | B+ |
| 16 | Montmagny Quebec | 11,326 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Mont-Tremblant Quebec | 11,879 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Arnprior Ontario | 11,459 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 19 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Farnham Quebec | 11,315 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Montmagny in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Montmagny
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmagny | 11,326 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Berthier-sur-Mer | 1,819 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud | 1,550 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
3 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Montmagny shares it with its neighbours.
- 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.
- 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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 Montmagny
Is Montmagny safe?
With 10.3 violent incidents and 13.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Montmagny comes to 48.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in Montmagny?
Police record assault most, 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (4.2) and theft under $5,000 (3.9).
Is crime going up in Montmagny?
Up 16%: 42.2 in 2023, 48.8 in 2025.
How much of Montmagny’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 60%: 84% for violent crime and 44% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Montmagny together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).