Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Plessisville records less crime per resident than three in five Canadian towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 81.9 and 45.5. Graded on crime the police covering Plessisville reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B for safety: #238 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 15.0 violent incidents and 16.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Érable MRC.
What stands out about safety in Plessisville
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 55% of crime in Plessisville ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 73% of violent crime and 42% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Plessisville places 15th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
From 60.7 in 2023 to 50.1 in 2025: that is Plessisville’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
About the Quebec norm
Plessisville’s index of 55.6 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.
What’s behind Plessisville’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: #238 of 503 in Quebec and #726 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 Plessisville’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Plessisville 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 | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 15 | 0.6 | 71% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 61.7 | 2.5 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 41.3 | 1.7 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11 | 0.4 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99.7 | 4.1 | 53% |
| Mischief | 63.7 | 2.6 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42 | 1.7 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.3 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 18.7 | 0.8 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 35 | 1.4 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 36 | 1.5 | 17% |
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.
Year by year in Plessisville: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 60.7, and its lowest 2025, at 50.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Plessisville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 55.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.7 | 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 Plessisville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Plessisville places 15th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 6 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 7 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 8 | Pontiac Quebec | 6,490 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Quebec | 6,613 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 13 | Tweed Ontario | 6,504 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 15 | Plessisville Quebec | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 16 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay British Columbia | 7,006 | 56.2 | 70.5 | B |
| 17 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized Ontario | 6,831 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| 18 | Oliver Paipoonge Ontario | 6,524 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 352.9 | 639.7 | 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 Plessisville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 370 violent incidents a year across the police area of 24,500 residents that includes Plessisville, 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 400 a year and other violations 160 (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 Plessisville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Laurierville | 1,368 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | 1,066 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Plessisville. Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, 13.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 55 to 55.6. Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. 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.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Plessisville shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Plessisville
Is Plessisville safe?
Plessisville’s Crime Severity Index is 55.6 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 15 violent incidents and 16.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Plessisville?
The three biggest groups are assault at 7.8, fraud at 4.4 and theft under $5,000 at 4.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Plessisville?
Down 17%: 60.7 in 2023, 50.1 in 2025.
How much of Plessisville’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 55% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 73% of violent and 42% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Plessisville 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).