Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Portneuf has less crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 72 and other offences for 34, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Portneuf reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #115 of 503 in Quebec. Its police logs show 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 41.3 to 44.1.
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: one figure for all of the Portneuf MRC.
What stands out about safety in Portneuf
Police clear more here
Police cleared 54% of Portneuf’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 43% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Portneuf comes 9th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Portneuf’s two halves part ways: 72 for violence (typical 85.7) and 34 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Portneuf, 44.5. 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.
Inside Portneuf’s A− for safety
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Portneuf’s crime by kind
Mischief 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Portneuf stands 9th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 8 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 9 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 12 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 13 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Saint-Thomas Quebec | 3,477 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 20 | Sainte-Mélanie Quebec | 3,417 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Portneuf in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Portneuf is part of, 59,200 residents, recorded about 570 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.
And about 630 property crimes, plus 440 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Portneuf, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 48.2, with 2023 the lightest at 41.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Portneuf | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 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 Portneuf, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Portneuf
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 2,251 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | 2,961 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | 1,295 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Sharing its police with 5 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Portneuf alone.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Portneuf
Is Portneuf safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Portneuf scores 44.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 9.8 violent and 10.9 property incidents 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 Portneuf?
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 Portneuf?
Yes: the index rose 7%, from 41.3 in 2023 to 44.1 in 2025.
How much of Portneuf’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 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Portneuf 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).