Photo: Benoit Rochon · CC BY-SA 3.0Napierville records more crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Napierville reported over 2023 to 2025: #494 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 80.3 and other offences to 131.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Year on year, 12.3 violent incidents and 11.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Jardins de Napierville MRC).
What stands out about safety in Napierville
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Napierville records 7.8 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Napierville, 116.5. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Napierville’s two halves part ways: 80.3 for violence (typical 85.7) and 131.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Napierville comes 32nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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.
Napierville: C− for safety, and why
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: #494 of 503 in Quebec and #2,227 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.
Napierville’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Napierville runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (5.8 per 1,000 against 0.03) and drug offences (7.8 per 1,000 against 0.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25 | 0.8 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Breaking and entering | 41 | 1.3 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 48.7 | 1.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.7 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 73 | 2.3 | 30% |
| Mischief | 59.3 | 1.8 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 55.7 | 1.7 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 206 | 6.4 | 8% |
| Drug violations | 253 | 7.8 | 14% |
| Impaired driving | 67.7 | 2.1 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 40.7 | 1.3 | 15% |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Napierville’s index dropped 15%
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 162.2 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 86.1 in 2025. 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 | Napierville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 162.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 101.1 | 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 Napierville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Napierville places 32nd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Claresholm Alberta | 4,242 | 91.1 | 68.1 | C |
| 30 | Mistissini Quebec | 4,067 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| 31 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,103 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| 32 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 33 | Stellarton Nova Scotia | 4,251 | 116.6 | 97.1 | C− |
| 34 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 119.1 | 253 | C− |
| 35 | Northern Lights County Alberta | 4,115 | 119.8 | 132.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Fort Nelson British Columbia | 4,144 | 263.7 | 376.9 | 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 Napierville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 400 violent incidents a year across the police area of 32,600 residents that includes Napierville, 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.
Property crime adds about 380 a year and other violations 1,800 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Napierville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napierville | 4,187 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville | 1,786 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu | 2,165 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur | 1,907 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington | 1,996 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix | 2,321 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Napierville. Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, 8.4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 62.8 to 116.5. 4 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
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Napierville among them.
Questions about safety in Napierville
Is Napierville safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Napierville comes to 116.5. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 12.3 violent incidents and 11.8 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Napierville?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 8.7, drug offences at 7.8 and assault at 6.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Napierville?
No: the index fell 15%, from 101.1 in 2023 to 86.1 in 2025.
How much of Napierville’s crime do police solve?
About 38% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 69% of violent and 30% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Napierville 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).