Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Saint-Liboire has less crime per resident than 68% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 70.8 for violence and 41.7 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Annual rates stand at 9.7 violent incidents and 14.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Saint-Liboire reported from 2023 to 2025: #167 of 503 in Quebec. Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Maskoutains MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Liboire
More crime solved
Police cleared 49% of Saint-Liboire’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Liboire stands 13th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 49.7 in Saint-Liboire. 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-Liboire’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: #167 of 503 in Quebec and #534 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-Liboire’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 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 0.6 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.06 | 51% |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.3 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 171.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 125.7 | 1.3 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 403 | 4.3 | 36% |
| Mischief | 165.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 84.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 135 | 1.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 216.3 | 2.3 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Saint-Liboire is 13th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||
| 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+ |
| 15 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo British Columbia | 3,057 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 16 | Trois-Pistoles Quebec | 3,123 | 52.3 | 97.2 | 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-Liboire in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 910 violent incidents a year across the police area of 94,500 residents that includes Saint-Liboire, 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 1,310 a year and other violations 730 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Liboire’s index dropped 5%
Crime Severity Index
At 54.6, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 45.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Liboire | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.6 | 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-Liboire, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Liboire
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Liboire | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Upton | 2,149 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 1,887 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton | 1,794 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Dominique | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Saint-Liboire. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 4 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Liboire shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Saint-Liboire
Is Saint-Liboire safe?
Saint-Liboire scores 49.7 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 9.7 violent incidents and 14 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Liboire?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.5, theft under $5,000 at 4.3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Liboire?
The reverse: 48.6 in 2023 came down to 45.9 by 2025, 5% lower.
How much of Saint-Liboire’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 67% of violent crime and 38% of everything else, 49% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Liboire 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).