Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Saint-Basile runs lower than in 78% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, on crime the police covering Saint-Basile reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #115 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 72 for violence and 34 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 41.3 to 44.1.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Portneuf MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Basile
More crime solved
Police cleared 54% of Saint-Basile’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 43% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Basile is 12th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Basile’s two halves part ways: 72 for violence (typical 85.7) and 34 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Basile scores 44.5. 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.
Saint-Basile: A− 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: #115 of 503 in Quebec and #394 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-Basile’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 | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 38 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 83 | 1.4 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.7 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 123.7 | 2.1 | 44% |
| Mischief | 136.7 | 2.3 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 150 | 2.6 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 60.7 | 1 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 105.3 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 56.7 | 1 | 33% |
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.
Saint-Basile is 12th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Black Diamond Alberta | 2,910 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 10 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Quebec | 2,961 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Basile Quebec | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 13 | Algonquin Highlands Ontario | 2,915 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 14 | North Shore Prince Edward Island | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 15 | Labelle Quebec | 2,861 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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-Basile in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 570 violent incidents a year in the 59,200-resident police area around Saint-Basile, 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 440 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-Basile, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 48.2, with 2023 the lightest at 41.3. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Basile | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 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-Basile, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Basile
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Raymond | 11,951 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 2,251 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Basile among them.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Saint-Basile
Is Saint-Basile safe?
Saint-Basile scores 44.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 9.8 violent incidents and 10.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Basile?
Top of the list is assault (4.2 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.4, and other Criminal Code offences, at 3.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Basile?
It has: 41.3 in 2023 became 44.1 by 2025, a rise of 7%.
How much of Saint-Basile’s crime do police solve?
54%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 67% and non-violent crime at 43%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Basile and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).