Photo: Alchimist · CC BY-SA 3.0Rimouski has less crime per resident than 80% of Canadian towns
On crime the police covering Rimouski reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #101 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, its Crime Severity Index averaged 44 over 2023–2025, against 60.3 for the typical Canadian town its size. The local count comes to 11.0 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. The index rose from 39.1 in 2023 to 44.8 in 2025.
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 Rimouski-Neigette MRC.
What stands out about safety in Rimouski
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Rimouski comes 9th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Rimouski, 44. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 48% of crime in Rimouski ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 61% of violent crime and 37% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 75.8 on Rimouski’s index against 75.2 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 31.6 against 54.2. 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 grade: A− for Rimouski
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: #101 of 503 in Quebec and #368 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.
Which crimes make up Rimouski’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Rimouski runs highest on sexual assault (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 40.7 | 0.7 | 43% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 23.3 | 0.4 | 82% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 90% |
| Other violent violations | 33 | 0.6 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 63.3 | 1.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 18 | 0.3 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 48% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 184 | 3.1 | 39% |
| Mischief | 128.7 | 2.2 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 182.3 | 3.1 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.7 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 57.7 | 1 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 75.7 | 1.3 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 158 | 2.7 | 12% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Rimouski, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (48) and 2023 the trough (39.1). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rimouski | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.8 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 48 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 39.1 | 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 Rimouski, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Rimouski stands 9th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| 6 | Paris Ontario | 45,565 | 36.6 | 30.9 | A |
| 7 | Caledonia Ontario | 56,059 | 37.2 | 37.5 | A |
| 8 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 9 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Châteauguay Quebec | 53,508 | 50.6 | 85.7 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 18 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 19 | Saint-Eustache Quebec | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Rimouski in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Rimouski is part of, 60,300 residents, recorded about 650 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.
Add about 650 property crimes and 540 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Rimouski
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimouski | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Rimouski among them.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Rimouski
Is Rimouski safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 44 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Rimouski stands, with 11 violent and 10.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Rimouski?
Police record assault most, 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (4.2) and fraud (3.8).
Is crime going up in Rimouski?
Yes: the index rose 14%, from 39.1 in 2023 to 44.8 in 2025.
How much of Rimouski’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 61% of violent crime and 37% of everything else, 48% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Rimouski 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).