Photo: P199 · Public domainPer resident, Rivière-Héva records more crime than 79% of Canadian towns
Year on year, 29.2 violent incidents and 25.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Rivière-Héva reported from 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 183.5 and other offences to 72.5, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. The index held steady between 2023 (102) and 2025 (104.9).
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 Vallée-de-l'Or MRC.
What stands out about safety in Rivière-Héva
Assault: high for a town its size
Rivière-Héva records 15.8 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 58% for Rivière-Héva (72% violent, 44% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Over the Quebec norm
Rivière-Héva’s index of 103.6 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Rivière-Héva scores 183.5 for violence and 72.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 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.
The grade: C− for Rivière-Héva
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Rivière-Héva, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Rivière-Héva runs highest on assault (15.8 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (3.8 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 48 | 1.1 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 0.1 | 52% |
| Robbery | 17.7 | 0.4 | 60% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Other violent violations | 21.3 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 163 | 3.8 | 39% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.4 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 64 | 1.5 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 24.3 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 389.3 | 9.1 | 49% |
| Mischief | 200.7 | 4.7 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 23.3 | 0.5 | 67% |
| Administration of justice violations | 235.3 | 5.5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 40.7 | 1 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 109 | 2.5 | 64% |
| Impaired driving | 171.7 | 4 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 116 | 2.7 | 15% |
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 people or more.
About 1,250 violent incidents a year across the police area of 43,000 residents that includes Rivière-Héva, 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 1,080 a year and other violations 760 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Rivière-Héva, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 104.9, and 2023 lowest at 102. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rivière-Héva | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 103.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 102 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Rivière-Héva, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Rivière-Héva
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Héva | 1,567 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Malartic (7 km) | 3,506 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Val-d'Or (31 km) | 33,353 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Amos (44 km) | 12,773 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
| Trécesson (46 km) | 1,240 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Rivière-Héva. Closest is Amos, 44.1 km away, at 78.7 to 103.6 here. 2 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Rivière-Héva has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–46 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Rivière-Héva alone.
Questions about safety in Rivière-Héva
Is Rivière-Héva safe?
Police-reported crime in Rivière-Héva scores 103.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 29.2 violent incidents and 25.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Rivière-Héva?
Top of the list is assault (15.8 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 9.1, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 7.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Rivière-Héva?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 102 to 104.9.
How much of Rivière-Héva’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 58% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 72% of violent crime and 44% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Rivière-Héva 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).