Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Pont-Rouge has less crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Add to that, between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 41.3 to 44.1. Out of every 1,000 residents, 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 72 and 34.
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 Portneuf MRC.
What stands out about safety in Pont-Rouge
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 54% of Pont-Rouge’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 43% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Pont-Rouge is 12th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Pont-Rouge scores 44.5. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Pont-Rouge’s two halves part ways: 72 for violence (typical 89.4) and 34 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
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 Pont-Rouge, 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: #115 of 503 in Quebec and #394 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.
Pont-Rouge’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Pont-Rouge runs highest on drug offences (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 83 | 1.4 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.7 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 123.7 | 2.1 | 44% |
| Mischief | 136.7 | 2.3 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 150 | 2.6 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 60.7 | 1 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 105.3 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 56.7 | 1 | 33% |
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.
By its index, Pont-Rouge stands 12th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | L'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,921 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,716 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Martensville Saskatchewan | 11,808 | 39.9 | 46.5 | A |
| 11 | Dundalk Ontario | 11,599 | 40.6 | 49.1 | A− |
| 12 | Pont-Rouge Quebec | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 13 | Coldstream British Columbia | 11,380 | 45.1 | 61.9 | A− |
| 14 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 15 | Walkerton Ontario | 10,811 | 47.4 | 56.9 | B+ |
| 16 | Montmagny Quebec | 11,326 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Mont-Tremblant Quebec | 11,879 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Pont-Rouge in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 570 violent incidents a year in the 59,200-resident police area around Pont-Rouge, 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 630 property crimes and 440 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Pont-Rouge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 48.2; 2023 was lightest, at 41.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pont-Rouge | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 48.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 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 Pont-Rouge, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Pont-Rouge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Neuville | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Pont-Rouge. Closest is Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, 12.3 km away, at 28.2 to 44.5 here. 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
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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, Pont-Rouge among them.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Pont-Rouge
Is Pont-Rouge safe?
Pont-Rouge scores 44.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Pont-Rouge?
Police record assault most, 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.4) and other Criminal Code offences (3.3).
Is crime going up in Pont-Rouge?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 7%, to 44.1 from 41.3.
How much of Pont-Rouge’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 67% of violent crime and 43% of everything else, 54% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Pont-Rouge and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).