Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Arsène has less crime per resident than 72% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Saint-Arsène reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 72.4 for violence and 39 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). In a usual year, 10.7 violent incidents and 14.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2. What’s more, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 48.8 in 2023 to 44.6 by 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Rivière-du-Loup MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Arsène
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 56% for Saint-Arsène (70% violent, 45% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 48.3 in Saint-Arsène. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Saint-Arsène scores 72.4 for violence and 39 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: B+ for Saint-Arsène
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 Saint-Arsène, type by type
Assault 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 2,500 people or more.
Saint-Arsène, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 51.4, with 2025 the lightest at 44.6. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Arsène | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 51.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 48.8 | 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 Saint-Arsène, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 390 violent incidents a year in the 36,400-resident police area around Saint-Arsène, 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.
Crime in the places around Saint-Arsène
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| L'Isle-Verte | 1,427 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
5 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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 Saint-Arsène alone.
- 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 Saint-Arsène
Is Saint-Arsène safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Saint-Arsène’s Crime Severity Index stands at 48.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.7 violent incidents and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Arsène?
Criminal Code traffic offences is the most common, at 5.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (5.1) and assault (4.8).
Is crime going up in Saint-Arsène?
It went down 9% between 2023 and 2025, from 48.8 to 44.6.
How much of Saint-Arsène’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 56% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 70% of violent and 45% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Arsène 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).