Photo: Alain Hardy · CC BY 3.0Per resident, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard records less crime than 64% of Canadian towns
Its 3 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident. Measured on crime the police covering Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B: #182 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 71.6 and other offences for 46.7, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Each year brought 12.1 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size).
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. Measured across the Pays-d'en-Haut MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Seasonal homes make up about 45% of Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard stands 17th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 45% of Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard’s crime, weighted by seriousness (69% of violent crime, 31% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 53.5 in Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard. 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 Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard’s B 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: #182 of 503 in Quebec and #652 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.
Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 19.7 | 0.4 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.3 | 0.3 | 85% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 101.7 | 2.1 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 105.3 | 2.1 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 223 | 4.5 | 28% |
| Mischief | 106 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 35% |
| Administration of justice violations | 194 | 3.9 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.7 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 38 | 0.8 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 138.3 | 2.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 101.7 | 2.1 | 16% |
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.
50,300 residents, about 600 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard 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.
And about 830 property crimes, plus 540 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard comes 17th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré Quebec | 4,009 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 15 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| 16 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 17 | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard Quebec | 3,974 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 18 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Quebec | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 19 | Saint-André-Avellin Quebec | 3,862 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| 20 | Callander Ontario | 4,021 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 54.3 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 52.6 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.5 | 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 Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | 3,974 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Wentworth-Nord | 1,805 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | 12,154 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Sauveur | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
The places around Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (11.9 km away), scores 48.8 against 53.5. The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard
Is Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard safe?
With 12.1 violent incidents and 16.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard comes to 53.5 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 Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard?
Police record assault most, 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (5.3) and fraud (4.9).
Is crime going up in Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 53.5 to 52.6.
How much of Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 45% of crime (69% of violent crime, 31% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard 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).