Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Saint-Fabien-de-Panet records less crime than 71% of Canadian towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 10.3 violent incidents and 13.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Split in two, the index gives 77.8 for violence and 37 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Saint-Fabien-de-Panet reported from 2023 to 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Montmagny MRC).
What stands out about safety in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 60% for Saint-Fabien-de-Panet (84% violent, 44% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet scores 77.8 for violence and 37 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 48.4 in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet’s index went from 42.2 in 2023 to 48.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet: B+ 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Year by year in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet: up 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 54.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 42.2 in 2023. 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-Fabien-de-Panet | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 54.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 42.2 | 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-Fabien-de-Panet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 230 violent incidents a year in the 23,000-resident police area around Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, 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 300 property crimes, plus 190 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 Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, type by type
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 33 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.3 | 0.7 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 89.7 | 3.9 | 45% |
| Mischief | 47.7 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 69 | 3 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 93% |
| Drug violations | 28 | 1.2 | 58% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28.3 | 1.2 | 40% |
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.
Crime in the places around Saint-Fabien-de-Panet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Fabien-de-Panet | 1,024 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Justine (30 km) | 1,822 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Armagh (34 km) | 1,437 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Lac-Etchemin (37 km) | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Damien-de-Buckland (38 km) | 1,840 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon (42 km) | 1,033 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Saint-Fabien-de-Panet. Closest is Sainte-Justine, 29.5 km away, at 30.8 to 48.4 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Saint-Fabien-de-Panet with figures are 30–42 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Fabien-de-Panet 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.
- 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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet
Is Saint-Fabien-de-Panet safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Fabien-de-Panet at 48.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 10.3 and property crimes at 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.3, fraud at 4.2 and theft under $5,000 at 3.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet?
Up 16%: 42.2 in 2023, 48.8 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Fabien-de-Panet’s crime do police solve?
60%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 84% and non-violent crime at 44%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Fabien-de-Panet 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).