Photo: Photo : Jean Tremblay · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Saint-David-de-Falardeau runs lower than in 70% of Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is B+, worked out from crime the police covering Saint-David-de-Falardeau reported over 2023 to 2025: #154 of 503 in Quebec. For every 1,000 residents, 10.2 violent incidents and 11.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 80 and other offences to 36.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. The typical town in Quebec scores 56.1 on the same index.
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 Fjord-du-Saguenay MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Seasonal homes make up about 39% of Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s police clear 53%, 68% of violent crime and 40% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-David-de-Falardeau is 10th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s index splits into violent crime, 80 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 36.6 against 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.
What’s behind Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s grade
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: #154 of 503 in Quebec and #502 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 Saint-David-de-Falardeau, by type
Fraud 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 | 18.7 | 0.8 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 47 | 2.1 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1.7 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 46.7 | 2 | 39% |
| Mischief | 32 | 1.4 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 36 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 13 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 42.3 | 1.9 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.5 | 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-David-de-Falardeau places 10th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Quebec | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 6 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 7 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 8 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 9 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 10 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau Quebec | 3,128 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 11 | French River / Rivière des Français Ontario | 3,178 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Athens Ontario | 3,078 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Liboire Quebec | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Dominique Quebec | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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-David-de-Falardeau in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 230 violent incidents a year across the police area of 23,200 residents that includes Saint-David-de-Falardeau, 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 260 property crimes, plus 130 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Saint-David-de-Falardeau, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 53.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 46.1. 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 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 53.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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-David-de-Falardeau, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-David-de-Falardeau
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-David-de-Falardeau | 3,128 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| Saint-Honoré | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| Saint-Ambroise | 4,262 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-David-de-Falardeau among them.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Is Saint-David-de-Falardeau safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s Crime Severity Index stands at 48.7 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.2 violent incidents and 11.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
Top of the list is assault (4.7 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 2.8, and fraud, at 2.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
Hardly at all, from 46.1 in 2023 to 46.1 in 2025.
How much of Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 53%: 68% for violent crime and 40% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-David-de-Falardeau 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).