Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Modeste records less crime per resident than 72% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 48.8; it fell to 44.6 in 2025. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-Modeste reported put it at B+ for safety. Of the two halves, violence comes to 72.4 and other offences to 39, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Typical years here bring 10.7 violent incidents plus 14.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Rivière-du-Loup MRC).
What stands out about safety in Saint-Modeste
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Saint-Modeste ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 70% of violent crime and 45% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Near the Quebec middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Modeste, 48.3. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 72.4 on Saint-Modeste’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 39 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-Modeste’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Saint-Modeste’s figures
Assault 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 | 16.7 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 36.3 | 1 | 48% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9 | 0.2 | 63% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16 | 0.4 | 50% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 22% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 185 | 5.1 | 57% |
| Mischief | 96 | 2.6 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 87 | 2.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 48.3 | 1.3 | 73% |
| Impaired driving | 94.7 | 2.6 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 101.7 | 2.8 | 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 people or more.
Saint-Modeste, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 51.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 44.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Modeste | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 51.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 48.8 | 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-Modeste, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 390 violent incidents a year across the police area of 36,400 residents that includes Saint-Modeste, 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 520 property crimes, plus 390 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 the places around Saint-Modeste
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup | 1,471 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- 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.
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Modeste shares it with its neighbours.
- 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-Modeste
Is Saint-Modeste safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Modeste at 48.3 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 10.7 and property crimes at 14.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Modeste?
Most often it is Criminal Code traffic offences: 5.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 5.1 and assault at 4.8.
Is crime going up in Saint-Modeste?
No: the index fell 9%, from 48.8 in 2023 to 44.6 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Modeste’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 56% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 70% of violent and 45% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Modeste 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).