Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska records less crime per resident than three in five Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 51.6, down from 54.6 in 2023. Add to that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska reported put it at B for safety. For every 1,000 residents, 14.7 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Its 3 neighbours with figures all record less 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Arthabaska MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 50% of Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’s crime, weighted by seriousness (65% of violent crime, 37% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
About the Quebec norm
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’s index of 55 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’s two halves part ways: 86.5 for violence (typical 86.4) and 42.9 for the rest (typical 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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’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.
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’s crime by kind
Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 56.7 | 0.7 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.07 | 89% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 11.3 | 0.1 | 91% |
| Other violent violations | 29 | 0.4 | 63% |
| Breaking and entering | 125.7 | 1.6 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.3 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 111.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 24 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 383.7 | 5 | 44% |
| Mischief | 177 | 2.3 | 31% |
| Weapons violations | 14.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 228.3 | 3 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 26 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 88.3 | 1.1 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 158.3 | 2.1 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 149 | 1.9 | 9% |
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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 58.8, with 2025 the lightest at 51.6. 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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 58.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
77,600 residents, about 1,130 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska belongs to, 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 1,250 a year and other violations 710 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Victoriaville | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Saint-Valère | 1,187 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska. 3 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Is Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska at 55 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 14.7 and property crimes at 16.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska?
Assault is the most common, at 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (5.1) and theft under $5,000 (5).
Is crime going up in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 6%, to 51.6 from 54.6.
How much of Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 50% of crime (65% of violent crime, 37% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska 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).