Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in Saint-Gabriel sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Weighing it all, Saint-Gabriel earns B for safety (#271 of 503 in Quebec), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 11.9 violent incidents and 14.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Even so, all 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Saint-Gabriel’s Crime Severity Index averaged 58 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the D'Autray MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Gabriel
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Gabriel’s police clear 53%, 74% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Gabriel is 20th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-Gabriel’s index splits into violent crime, 90.3 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 45.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
About the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Gabriel scores 58. 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.
What’s behind Saint-Gabriel’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: #271 of 503 in Quebec and #876 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-Gabriel, by type
Mischief 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 | 41 | 0.9 | 50% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.1 | 94% |
| Other violent violations | 12 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 111 | 2.4 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21.7 | 0.5 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 114.3 | 2.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.6 | 20% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 115.3 | 2.5 | 34% |
| Mischief | 89 | 1.9 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Administration of justice violations | 130.7 | 2.8 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 44.7 | 1 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 129.7 | 2.8 | 89% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 67.3 | 1.4 | 21% |
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.
About 560 violent incidents a year across the police area of 47,600 residents that includes Saint-Gabriel, 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.
Add about 690 property crimes and 440 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Gabriel’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 65.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 53.9. 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-Gabriel | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 65.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.9 | 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-Gabriel, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Gabriel comes 20th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Quebec | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 5 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 6 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| 18 | Ange-Gardien Quebec | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 19 | Clermont Quebec | 3,117 | 57.2 | 83.8 | B |
| 20 | Saint-Gabriel Quebec | 3,091 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 21 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire Quebec | 3,158 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 22 | Kingsclear New Brunswick | 3,158 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 23 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 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-Gabriel in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Saint-Gabriel
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gabriel | 3,091 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | 2,916 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Norbert | 1,143 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Mandeville | 2,511 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Saint-Gabriel. Closest is Saint-Damien, 13.1 km away, at 57.5 to 58 here. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
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-Gabriel 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.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Gabriel
Is Saint-Gabriel safe?
With 11.9 violent incidents and 14.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Gabriel comes to 58 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-Gabriel?
Assault is the most common, at 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (4.8) and fraud (4.1).
Is crime going up in Saint-Gabriel?
The index stayed close to where it was, 53.9 in 2023 and 54.4 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Gabriel’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 53% of crime (74% of violent crime, 36% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Gabriel 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).