Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Saint-Pamphile records less crime than four in five Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 73 for violence and 32.4 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). It grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Saint-Pamphile reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, its police logs show 11.5 violent incidents and 10.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers are 12.0 and 31.2.
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 L'Islet MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Pamphile
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 56% for Saint-Pamphile (77% violent, 36% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Saint-Pamphile scores 73 for violence and 32.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Saint-Pamphile’s index of 43.7 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Pamphile moved from 41.4 to 48.8, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went 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-Pamphile: A− 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Pamphile’s index climbed 18%
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (48.8) and 2024 least (40.9). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Pamphile | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 40.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 41.4 | 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-Pamphile, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Saint-Pamphile, type by type
Assault and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.4 | 51% |
| Breaking and entering | 27.3 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12 | 0.7 | 33% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.7 | 1.9 | 38% |
| Mischief | 47.3 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 36 | 2 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 0.9 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 31.7 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 23.7 | 1.3 | 28% |
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.
Around 210 violent incidents a year in the 17,800-resident police area around Saint-Pamphile, 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 190 property crimes, plus 130 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-Pamphile
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pamphile | 2,391 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Sainte-Perpétue (15 km) | 1,698 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Saint-Aubert (38 km) | 1,387 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli (46 km) | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Saint-Fabien-de-Panet (46 km) | 1,024 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (47 km) | 1,635 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
1 of the 2 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Saint-Pamphile. Just 47 km away, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière comes to 42.5, against 43.7. 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. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–47 km from Saint-Pamphile.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “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-Pamphile shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Saint-Pamphile
Is Saint-Pamphile safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Saint-Pamphile scores 43.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 11.5 violent and 10.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Pamphile?
Assault is the most common, at 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (3.6) and fraud (3.6).
Is crime going up in Saint-Pamphile?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 18%, to 48.8 from 41.4.
How much of Saint-Pamphile’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 77% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 56% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Pamphile 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).