Photo: Donat-C. Noiseux · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is lower in Pointe-à-la-Croix than in 73% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.4 and other offences to 37, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Still, a Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Pointe-à-la-Croix reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 45 to 49.7.
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 Pointe-à-la-Croix
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Pointe-à-la-Croix’s police clear 52%, 66% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Pointe-à-la-Croix’s index splits into violent crime, 75.4 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 37 against 62.8. By type ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 47.7 in Pointe-à-la-Croix. 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 grade: B+ for Pointe-à-la-Croix
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Pointe-à-la-Croix, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (49.7) and 2023 least (45). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pointe-à-la-Croix | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 48.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 45 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Pointe-à-la-Croix, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Pointe-à-la-Croix 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.
Property crime adds about 360 a year and other violations 230 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
What police record in Pointe-à-la-Croix, by type
Assault sits 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 people or more.
Crime in the places around Pointe-à-la-Croix
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,294 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Campbellton | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| Listuguj | 1,646 | 343.9 | 580 | D− |
| Atholville | 3,346 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Balmoral | 1,628 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
The places around Pointe-à-la-Croix all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “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 reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Pointe-à-la-Croix among them.
- 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. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Pointe-à-la-Croix
Is Pointe-à-la-Croix safe?
Its police recorded 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Pointe-à-la-Croix a Crime Severity Index of 47.7. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Pointe-à-la-Croix?
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 Pointe-à-la-Croix?
It went up 11% between 2023 and 2025, from 45 to 49.7.
How much of Pointe-à-la-Croix’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 of 2,500+); split up, that is 66% of violent and 41% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Pointe-à-la-Croix 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).