Photo: Ville de Normandin · Public domainCrime in Normandin sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 68.9, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, its Safety Grade, C+ (#354 of 503 in Quebec), rests on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of Canadian towns. Out of every 1,000 residents, 17.1 violent incidents and 17.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 69.9 then 66.5.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Maria-Chapdelaine MRC.
What stands out about safety in Normandin
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Normandin’s police clear 59%, 71% of violent crime and 49% of the rest. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Normandin stands 25th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Over the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 68.9 in Normandin. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Normandin’s index splits into violent crime, 107.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 54.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C+ for Normandin
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: #354 of 503 in Quebec and #1,358 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 Normandin, by type
Against the typical town its size, Normandin runs highest on assault (7.8 per 1,000 against 6.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 20.7 | 0.8 | 76% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 21.3 | 0.9 | 62% |
| Breaking and entering | 76.7 | 3.2 | 42% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 59.7 | 2.5 | 33% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.3 | 25% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 97 | 4 | 45% |
| Mischief | 59.3 | 2.4 | 34% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.3 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 69 | 2.8 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.4 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 25.3 | 1 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 39.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 45 | 1.8 | 19% |
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.
Normandin is 25th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Clermont Quebec | 3,117 | 57.2 | 83.8 | B |
| 23 | Saint-Gabriel Quebec | 3,091 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 24 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu Quebec | 2,984 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 25 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| 26 | Percé Quebec | 3,137 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 27 | Cap-Pelé New Brunswick | 3,092 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 28 | Lac-des-Écorces Quebec | 3,005 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Normandin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Normandin, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 70.3, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 66.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Normandin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 70.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 69.9 | 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 Normandin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
24,300 residents, about 420 violent incidents a year: the police area Normandin 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 430 property crimes, plus 220 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Normandin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandin | 3,065 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| Albanel | 2,191 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| La Doré | 1,380 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| Girardville | 1,044 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
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
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Normandin alone.
Questions about safety in Normandin
Is Normandin safe?
Police-reported crime in Normandin scores 68.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 17.1 violent incidents and 17.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Normandin?
Police record assault most, 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (4.2) and theft under $5,000 (4).
Is crime going up in Normandin?
Not much: the index went from 69.9 in 2023 to 66.5 in 2025.
How much of Normandin’s crime do police solve?
59%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 71% and non-violent crime at 49%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Normandin 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).