Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Pascal records less crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Counting crime the police covering Saint-Pascal reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #87 of 503 in Quebec. Out of every 1,000 residents, 11.1 violent incidents and 9.8 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 72 and its non-violent half to 31, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 42.1 then 40.2.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Kamouraska MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Pascal
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Pascal’s police clear 58%, 71% of violent crime and 46% of the rest. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Pascal places 8th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Saint-Pascal’s index splits into violent crime, 72 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 31 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Saint-Pascal’s index of 42.5 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
Inside Saint-Pascal’s A− for safety
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: #87 of 503 in Quebec and #346 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-Pascal, 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12.7 | 0.6 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.2 | 86% |
| Other violent violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 84% |
| Breaking and entering | 32 | 1.5 | 41% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.7 | 0.6 | 42% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 49 | 2.3 | 43% |
| Mischief | 42 | 2 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 11.7 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Administration of justice violations | 43.7 | 2 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Drug violations | 16.3 | 0.8 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 38.7 | 1.8 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 27 | 1.3 | 22% |
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-Pascal comes 8th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Kingston New Brunswick | 3,577 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 7 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 10 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 11 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Quebec | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 13 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Saint-Thomas Quebec | 3,477 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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-Pascal in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 240 violent incidents a year across the police area of 21,500 residents that includes Saint-Pascal, 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 210 a year and other violations 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Saint-Pascal, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (45.1) and 2025 the trough (40.2). The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Pascal | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 45.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 42.1 | 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-Pascal, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Pascal
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pascal | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| Mont-Carmel | 1,191 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| Rivière-Ouelle | 1,014 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Pacôme | 1,540 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
3 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Pascal among them.
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Saint-Pascal
Is Saint-Pascal safe?
Saint-Pascal scores 42.5 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 11.1 violent incidents and 9.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Pascal?
Top of the list is assault (4.8 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 3.7, and fraud, at 3, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Pascal?
Hardly at all, from 42.1 in 2023 to 40.2 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Pascal’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 71% of violent crime and 46% of everything else, 58% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Pascal 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).