Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Roberval than in 62% of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 73.3 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. For every 1,000 residents, 19.7 violent incidents and 18.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Graded on crime the police covering Roberval reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C+ for safety: #379 of 503 in Quebec. The index rose from 66.6 in 2023 to 75.4 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Domaine-du-Roy MRC.
What stands out about safety in Roberval
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Roberval records 3.6 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 59% for Roberval (73% violent, 49% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Roberval comes 25th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Roberval, 73.3. 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.
Roberval: C+ 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: #379 of 503 in Quebec and #1,555 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.
Crime in Roberval, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Roberval runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.03), drug offences (3.6 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.9). 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 | 21.7 | 0.7 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 18.3 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 22.3 | 0.8 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 84.3 | 2.9 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.3 | 1.9 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 151.7 | 5.2 | 55% |
| Mischief | 78.3 | 2.7 | 40% |
| Weapons violations | 10.7 | 0.4 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 93.7 | 3.2 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.5 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 104.3 | 3.6 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 65.3 | 2.2 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 51 | 1.7 | 27% |
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.
Roberval, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 78, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 66.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roberval | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 78 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 66.6 | 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 Roberval, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Roberval comes 25th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Quebec | 10,147 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 4 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier Quebec | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Otterburn Park Quebec | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Lorraine Quebec | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Quebec | 9,622 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 23 | Shediac New Brunswick | 9,849 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Saint-Félicien Quebec | 10,143 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 25 | Roberval Quebec | 9,828 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 26 | Revelstoke British Columbia | 9,464 | 75.8 | 69 | C+ |
| 27 | Bridgewater Nova Scotia | 9,989 | 77.2 | 99.5 | C+ |
| 28 | Ladysmith British Columbia | 9,926 | 77.3 | 70.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Roberval in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 580 violent incidents a year across the police area of 29,200 residents that includes Roberval, 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 540 property crimes, plus 370 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 Roberval
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberval | 9,828 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| Mashteuiatsh | 2,074 | 191.7 | 436.6 | D |
| Saint-Prime | 2,808 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| Chambord | 1,800 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Roberval shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Roberval
Is Roberval safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Roberval’s Crime Severity Index stands at 73.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 19.7 violent incidents and 18.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Roberval?
Assault is the most common, at 9.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (5.2) and fraud (4.7).
Is crime going up in Roberval?
It has: 66.6 in 2023 became 75.4 by 2025, a rise of 13%.
How much of Roberval’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 59%: 73% for violent crime and 49% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Roberval 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).