Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0New Richmond records less crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering New Richmond reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #135 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 75.4 for violence and 37 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Police counts work out at 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. The index rose from 45 in 2023 to 49.7 in 2025.
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 Avignon/Bonaventure MRC.
What stands out about safety in New Richmond
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; New Richmond’s police clear 52%, 66% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, New Richmond is 12th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
New Richmond’s index splits into violent crime, 75.4 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 37 against 62.8. By type ↓
About the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, New Richmond 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.
What’s behind New Richmond’s grade
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.
What police record in New Richmond, 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 | 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.
New Richmond, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 49.7, and 2023 lowest 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 | New Richmond | 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 New Richmond, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, New Richmond stands 12th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 9 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 10 | L'Islet Quebec | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 11 | Cap-Santé Quebec | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | New Richmond Quebec | 3,947 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré Quebec | 4,009 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| 15 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 New Richmond in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area New Richmond is part of, 30,900 residents, recorded about 380 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.
Property crime adds about 360 a year and other violations 230 (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 New Richmond
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for New Richmond alone.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. 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 New Richmond
Is New Richmond safe?
Statistics Canada puts New Richmond at 47.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12.4 and property crimes at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in New Richmond?
Most often it is assault: 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 3.8 and theft under $5,000 at 2.8.
Is crime going up in New Richmond?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 11%, to 49.7 from 45.
How much of New Richmond’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 66% of violent crime and 41% of everything else, 52% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for New Richmond 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).