Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Rivière-Rouge than in 61% of Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 73.1, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. By 2025 the index had climbed to 72.3, up from 68.6 in 2023. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Rivière-Rouge reported put it at C+ for safety: #369 of 503 in Quebec. Its police logs show 20.5 violent incidents and 16.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2.
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 for the Antoine-Labelle MRC.
What stands out about safety in Rivière-Rouge
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Rivière-Rouge’s police clear 62%, 82% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Rivière-Rouge’s index splits into violent crime, 131 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 50.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Rivière-Rouge places 25th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Rivière-Rouge’s index of 73.1 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Rivière-Rouge’s C+ 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: #369 of 503 in Quebec and #1,539 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.
What police record in Rivière-Rouge, by type
Against the typical town its size, Rivière-Rouge runs highest on drug offences (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (10 per 1,000 against 6.7). Mischief 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 | 35.3 | 0.9 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.7 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 8.3 | 0.2 | 96% |
| Other violent violations | 18.3 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 86.3 | 2.3 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.3 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73 | 1.9 | 27% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 28% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 155 | 4.1 | 49% |
| Mischief | 116.7 | 3.1 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 17.7 | 0.5 | 77% |
| Administration of justice violations | 146.3 | 3.9 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 0.5 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 63.3 | 1.7 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 93.3 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 70 | 1.8 | 13% |
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.
By its index, Rivière-Rouge stands 25th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 5 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Jacques Quebec | 4,830 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Quebec | 5,054 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 23 | Dundas New Brunswick | 4,733 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Sutton Quebec | 4,775 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 25 | Rivière-Rouge Quebec | 4,882 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| 26 | Hearst Ontario | 5,032 | 74.2 | 97.9 | C+ |
| 27 | Hampton New Brunswick | 4,754 | 74.5 | 74.9 | C+ |
| 28 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 4,721 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Flin Flon (Part) Manitoba | 4,732 | 332 | 605.3 | 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-Rouge in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Rivière-Rouge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 78.4; 2023 was the lightest, at 68.6. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rivière-Rouge | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 78.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 68.6 | 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-Rouge, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Rivière-Rouge is part of, 38,200 residents, recorded about 770 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.
And about 630 property crimes, plus 450 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Rivière-Rouge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Rouge | 4,882 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Nominingue | 2,290 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| La Macaza | 1,138 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| La Minerve | 1,492 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
2 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Rivière-Rouge among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Rivière-Rouge
Is Rivière-Rouge safe?
With 20.5 violent incidents and 16.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Rivière-Rouge comes to 73.1 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Rivière-Rouge?
Assault is the most common, at 10 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (5.1) and Criminal Code traffic offences (5).
Is crime going up in Rivière-Rouge?
Yes: the index rose 5%, from 68.6 in 2023 to 72.3 in 2025.
How much of Rivière-Rouge’s crime do police solve?
About 62% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 82% of violent and 41% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Rivière-Rouge together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).