Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Pincourt than in 86% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 61.7 and other offences for 30.5, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Pincourt’s letter for safety is A, worked out from crime the police covering Pincourt reported over 2023 to 2025: #53 of 503 in Quebec. Recorded violent incidents ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 10.4, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC.
What stands out about safety in Pincourt
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in Pincourt ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 34% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 39.2 in Pincourt. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Pincourt stands 12th, the lowest first. 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 Pincourt, 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: #53 of 503 in Quebec and #279 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Pincourt’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 | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 60.3 | 0.4 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.04 | 67% |
| Robbery | 23 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 37 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 175 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 74 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 237.3 | 1.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 412.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 269.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Administration of justice violations | 262.7 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 58.7 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 78 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 271.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 294 | 1.7 | 14% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
About 1,430 violent incidents a year across the police area of 170,600 residents that includes Pincourt, 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.
Add about 1,760 property crimes and 1,130 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
By its index, Pincourt stands 12th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Mercier Quebec | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| 9 | Long Sault Ontario | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | South Glengarry Ontario | 14,355 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 11 | Campbellford Ontario | 15,103 | 37 | 48.3 | A |
| 12 | Pincourt Quebec | 15,220 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 13 | Comox British Columbia | 15,884 | 40.6 | 39.2 | A− |
| 14 | Severn Ontario | 15,716 | 41.7 | 48.8 | A− |
| 15 | Bécancour Quebec | 14,943 | 46.5 | 64.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Quebec | 15,904 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Sainte-Adèle Quebec | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Pincourt in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Pincourt: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 39.9; 2025 was the lightest, at 37.9. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pincourt | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.8 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Pincourt, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Pincourt
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincourt | 15,220 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Terrasse-Vaudreuil | 1,883 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| L'Île-Perrot | 11,921 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 5,393 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Senneville | 1,042 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pointe-des-Cascades | 1,867 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | 11,716 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
The places around Pincourt all score higher on the index. 4 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
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Pincourt shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Pincourt
Is Pincourt safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Pincourt scores 39.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.4 violent and 10.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Pincourt?
Most often it is assault: 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 4 and fraud at 3.
Is crime going up in Pincourt?
Hardly at all, from 39.8 in 2023 to 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Pincourt’s crime do police solve?
49%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 69% and non-violent crime at 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Pincourt 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).