Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Rivière-du-Loup runs lower than in 72% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 72.4 and 39. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Rivière-du-Loup reported put it at B+ for safety: #144 of 503 in Quebec. On top of that, its police logs show 10.7 violent incidents and 14.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.0 and 30.5. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 48.8 to 44.6.
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. Shared with the rest of the Rivière-du-Loup MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Rivière-du-Loup
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Rivière-du-Loup’s police clear 56%, 70% of violent crime and 45% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Rivière-du-Loup comes 16th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Rivière-du-Loup, 48.3. Towns its size ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Rivière-du-Loup records 1.3 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. 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: B+ for Rivière-du-Loup
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: #144 of 503 in Quebec and #482 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Rivière-du-Loup, by type
Against the typical town its size, Rivière-du-Loup runs highest on drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1.2 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 | 16.7 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 36.3 | 1 | 48% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9 | 0.2 | 63% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16 | 0.4 | 50% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 22% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 185 | 5.1 | 57% |
| Mischief | 96 | 2.6 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 87 | 2.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 48.3 | 1.3 | 73% |
| Impaired driving | 94.7 | 2.6 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 101.7 | 2.8 | 11% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Rivière-du-Loup, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 51.4; 2025 was the lightest, at 44.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Rivière-du-Loup | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 51.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 48.8 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Rivière-du-Loup, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Rivière-du-Loup is part of, 36,400 residents, recorded about 390 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.
Property crime adds about 520 a year and other violations 390 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Rivière-du-Loup places 16th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Varennes Quebec | 21,490 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 14 | Esquimalt British Columbia | 19,512 | 43 | 65.7 | A− |
| 15 | Mitchell Manitoba | 19,950 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| 16 | Rivière-du-Loup Quebec | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| 17 | Tillsonburg Ontario | 21,450 | 54.1 | 63.3 | B |
| 18 | Port Colborne Ontario | 21,921 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 19 | Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario | 20,080 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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-du-Loup in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Rivière-du-Loup
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | 2,509 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
Same police, same number: 5 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “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’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Rivière-du-Loup alone.
- 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. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Rivière-du-Loup
Is Rivière-du-Loup safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Rivière-du-Loup comes to 48.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 10.7 violent incidents and 14.3 property crimes. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Rivière-du-Loup?
The three biggest groups are Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.9, theft under $5,000 at 5.1 and assault at 4.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Rivière-du-Loup?
It went down 9% between 2023 and 2025, from 48.8 to 44.6.
How much of Rivière-du-Loup’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 56%: 70% for violent crime and 45% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Rivière-du-Loup 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).