Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Piedmont records less crime than 64% of Canadian towns
Its two neighbours with figures both record less crime per resident. Annual rates stand at 12.1 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On the record of crime the police covering Piedmont reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B for safety: #182 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 71.6 for violence and 46.7 for everything else (normally 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Pays-d'en-Haut MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Piedmont
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Piedmont stands 10th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 45% of crime in Piedmont ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 53.5 in Piedmont. 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 Piedmont’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: #182 of 503 in Quebec and #652 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.
Which crimes make up Piedmont’s figures
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 | 19.7 | 0.4 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.3 | 0.3 | 85% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 101.7 | 2.1 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 105.3 | 2.1 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 223 | 4.5 | 28% |
| Mischief | 106 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 35% |
| Administration of justice violations | 194 | 3.9 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.7 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 38 | 0.8 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 138.3 | 2.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 101.7 | 2.1 | 16% |
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.
By its index, Piedmont stands 10th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 6 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 7 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| 8 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 9 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 53 | 61.7 | B+ |
| 10 | Piedmont Quebec | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 11 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 56.3 | 77.5 | B |
| 12 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez Quebec | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 13 | Beausejour Manitoba | 3,565 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Dunham Quebec | 3,632 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Piedmont in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 600 violent incidents a year across the police area of 50,300 residents that includes Piedmont, 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 830 a year and other violations 540 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Year by year in Piedmont: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 54.3; 2025 was the lightest, at 52.6. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Piedmont | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.5 | 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 Piedmont, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Piedmont
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Saint-Sauveur | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Piedmont. Closest is Prévost, 7.6 km away, at 38 to 53.5 here. 4 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
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Piedmont alone.
Questions about safety in Piedmont
Is Piedmont safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Piedmont scores 53.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12.1 violent and 16.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. 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 Piedmont?
Police record assault most, 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (5.3) and fraud (4.9).
Is crime going up in Piedmont?
Not much: the index went from 53.5 in 2023 to 52.6 in 2025.
How much of Piedmont’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 45% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 69% of violent and 31% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Piedmont 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).