Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Richelieu records less crime per resident than 61% of Canadian towns
The yearly rates were 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 55 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. The grade is B, built on crime the police covering Richelieu reported from 2023 to 2025: #228 of 503 in Quebec. 3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Rouville MRC.
What stands out about safety in Richelieu
More crime solved
Police cleared 49% of Richelieu’s crime, weighted by seriousness (66% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Richelieu comes 17th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Richelieu, 55. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Richelieu’s two halves part ways: 88.5 for violence (typical 85.7) and 42 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Richelieu’s B 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: #228 of 503 in Quebec and #715 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.
Richelieu’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Richelieu runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit 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 | 60% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 56 | 2 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.2 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.2 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99 | 3.5 | 31% |
| Mischief | 54.7 | 1.9 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.7 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 0.4 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 22.7 | 0.8 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 65.3 | 2.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 49 | 1.7 | 22% |
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.
Richelieu’s index fell 5% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 61; 2025 was the lightest, at 50.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Richelieu | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 61 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 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 Richelieu, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Richelieu comes 17th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 15 | Amqui Quebec | 6,059 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 17 | Richelieu Quebec | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 18 | Brokenhead Manitoba | 5,931 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 19 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| 20 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo British Columbia | 6,172 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Richelieu in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 340 violent incidents a year across the police area of 28,700 residents that includes Richelieu, 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 410 a year and other violations 240 (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 Richelieu
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richelieu | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Chambly | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Marieville | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Carignan | 12,618 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Bienville | 7,888 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
The places around Richelieu all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Chambly (4.3 km away), scores 37.1 against 55. Its police also cover 2 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
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Richelieu alone.
Questions about safety in Richelieu
Is Richelieu safe?
Richelieu’s Crime Severity Index is 55 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Richelieu?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5.4, fraud at 4.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Richelieu?
Down 5%: 53.3 in 2023, 50.6 in 2025.
How much of Richelieu’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 66% of violent crime and 35% of everything else, 49% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Richelieu and everywhere else it polices.
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).