Photo: Chacal1233 · CC BY-SA 3.0Paspébiac has less crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 45 to 49.7. Its letter for safety is B+, worked out from crime the police covering Paspébiac reported over 2023 to 2025: #135 of 503 in Quebec. 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. Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.4 and other offences to 37, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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 Paspébiac
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Paspébiac’s police clear 52%, 66% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Paspébiac places 7th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Paspébiac’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
Paspébiac’s index of 47.7 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.
Inside Paspébiac’s B+ for safety
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 Paspébiac, 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.
Paspébiac comes 7th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Quebec | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 6 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 7 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 8 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 9 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 10 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau Quebec | 3,128 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Saint-Liboire Quebec | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Dominique Quebec | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Trois-Pistoles Quebec | 3,123 | 52.3 | 97.2 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Ange-Gardien Quebec | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 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 Paspébiac in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Paspébiac, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (49.7); 2023 was the low point, at 45. 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 | Paspébiac | 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 Paspébiac, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Paspébiac 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.
And about 360 property crimes, plus 230 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 Paspébiac
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paspébiac | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| New Carlisle | 1,331 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
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
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “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’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Paspébiac alone.
- Reading the number. 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.
Questions about safety in Paspébiac
Is Paspébiac safe?
With 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Paspébiac comes to 47.7 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Paspébiac?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5.7, other Criminal Code offences at 3.8 and theft under $5,000 at 2.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Paspébiac?
It has: 45 in 2023 became 49.7 by 2025, a rise of 11%.
How much of Paspébiac’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 52% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 66% of violent and 41% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Paspébiac 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).