Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Neuville than in 78% of Canadian towns
That puts it at A− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Neuville reported from 2023 to 2025: #115 of 503 in Quebec. Its violent half comes to 72 and its non-violent half to 34, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. For every 1,000 residents, 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Even so, among its 4 neighbours with figures, 3 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Portneuf MRC.
What stands out about safety in Neuville
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 54% for Neuville (67% violent, 43% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Neuville places 11th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Neuville scores 72 for violence and 34 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Neuville’s index of 44.5 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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 A− for Neuville, 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: #115 of 503 in Quebec and #394 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.
Crime in Neuville, type by type
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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 83 | 1.4 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.7 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 123.7 | 2.1 | 44% |
| Mischief | 136.7 | 2.3 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 150 | 2.6 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 60.7 | 1 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 105.3 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 56.7 | 1 | 33% |
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.
Neuville comes 11th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 9 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Neuville Quebec | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | De Salaberry Manitoba | 4,401 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| 14 | Casselman Ontario | 4,535 | 50.8 | 62.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 17 | Berthierville Quebec | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Quebec | 4,615 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Neuville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
59,200 residents, about 570 violent incidents a year: the police area Neuville 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.
And about 630 property crimes, plus 440 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Neuville’s index climbed 7%
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 48.2, with 2023 the lightest at 41.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Neuville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 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 Neuville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Neuville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuville | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 20,864 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
3 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Neuville. The nearest of them, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (4.5 km away), scores 42.6 against 44.5. 2 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Neuville among them.
Questions about safety in Neuville
Is Neuville safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Neuville comes to 44.5. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Neuville?
Top of the list is assault (4.2 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.4, and other Criminal Code offences, at 3.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Neuville?
It went up 7% between 2023 and 2025, from 41.3 to 44.1.
How much of Neuville’s crime do police solve?
54%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 67% and non-violent crime at 43%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Neuville 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).