Photo: William Brymner · Public domainRivière-Beaudette sees less crime per resident than 86% of Canadian towns
Counting crime the police covering Rivière-Beaudette reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #53 of 503 in Quebec. Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 39.8 to 37.9. For every 1,000 residents, 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Split in two, the index gives 61.7 for violence and 30.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8).
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC.
What stands out about safety in Rivière-Beaudette
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Rivière-Beaudette comes 3rd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Under the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Rivière-Beaudette, 39.2. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in Rivière-Beaudette ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 34% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 61.7 on Rivière-Beaudette’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 30.5 against 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.
Rivière-Beaudette: A for safety, and why
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: #53 of 503 in Quebec and #279 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.
Which crimes make up Rivière-Beaudette’s figures
Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 60.3 | 0.4 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.04 | 67% |
| Robbery | 23 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 37 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 175 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 74 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 237.3 | 1.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 412.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 269.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Administration of justice violations | 262.7 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 58.7 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 78 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 271.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 294 | 1.7 | 14% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Rivière-Beaudette places 3rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 4 | Turner Valley Alberta | 2,784 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 5 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 6 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 7 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 10 | Labelle Quebec | 2,861 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Weedon Quebec | 2,845 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Rivière-Beaudette in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
170,600 residents, about 1,430 violent incidents a year: the police area Rivière-Beaudette belongs to, 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 1,760 a year and other violations 1,130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Rivière-Beaudette, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 39.9; 2025 was the lightest, at 37.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rivière-Beaudette | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.8 | 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 Rivière-Beaudette, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Rivière-Beaudette
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Beaudette | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
Rivière-Beaudette has the lowest index of the places around it. Sharing its police with 4 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
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Rivière-Beaudette among them.
Questions about safety in Rivière-Beaudette
Is Rivière-Beaudette safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Rivière-Beaudette comes to 39.2. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Rivière-Beaudette?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.2, Criminal Code traffic offences at 4 and fraud at 3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Rivière-Beaudette?
The index stayed close to where it was, 39.8 in 2023 and 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Rivière-Beaudette’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (69% of violent crime, 34% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Rivière-Beaudette 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).