Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Cap-Rouge sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 89.4 and 53. Year on year, 15.1 violent incidents and 22.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#289 of 503 in Quebec).
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 and crime rate covers the Québec service area.
Cap-Rouge: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Cap-Rouge alone.
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: #289 of 503 in Quebec and #951 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Crime across Québec, by type
These are Québec’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Québec runs highest on drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9), assault (6.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Mischief and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 4.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 158.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 294.3 | 0.5 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 40.7 | 0.07 | 58% |
| Robbery | 140.7 | 0.2 | 44% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 95.7 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 222.7 | 0.4 | 48% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,561.3 | 2.5 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 130.3 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 683.3 | 1.1 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 257.3 | 0.4 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,452.3 | 8.7 | 20% |
| Mischief | 1,807.7 | 2.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 160.7 | 0.3 | 56% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,199 | 3.5 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 298.3 | 0.5 | 46% |
| Drug violations | 957.3 | 1.5 | 77% |
| Impaired driving | 933.7 | 1.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 522.3 | 0.8 | 10% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
From 2023 to 2025, Cap-Rouge’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (63.5); the lightest was 2023 (62.5). For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cap-Rouge | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.5 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 63 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 62.5 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Cap-Rouge, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Cap-Rouge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Rouge | 17,139 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| L'Aéroport | 13,630 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. The figures for Cap-Rouge are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
Questions about safety in Cap-Rouge
Is Cap-Rouge safe?
Cap-Rouge’s Crime Severity Index is 63 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 15.1 violent incidents and 22.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Cap-Rouge?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (8.7 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 6.8, and fraud, at 5.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Cap-Rouge?
The index stayed close to where it was, 62.5 in 2023 and 63.5 in 2025.
How much of Cap-Rouge’s crime do police solve?
About 37% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 53% of violent and 26% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
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).