Photo: Stéphane Batigne · CC BY 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Urbain than in 77% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 79.1 and other offences for 31.7, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Recorded violent incidents ran at 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 10.6, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. It grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Saint-Urbain reported from 2023 to 2025.
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. Shared with the rest of the Charlevoix MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Urbain
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 68% of Saint-Urbain’s crime, weighted by seriousness (85% of violent crime, 51% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Urbain moved from 55.9 to 40.3, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Saint-Urbain’s two halves part ways: 79.1 for violence (typical 86.4) and 31.7 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 45 in Saint-Urbain. 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-Urbain’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.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Urbain’s index dropped 28%
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 55.9, and 2024 the lightest at 38.7. 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-Urbain | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 38.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 55.9 | 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-Urbain, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 170 violent incidents a year in the 14,300-resident police area around Saint-Urbain, 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.
Add about 150 property crimes and 120 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Saint-Urbain’s crime by kind
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 1.1 | 52% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.7 | 0.4 | 65% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 2.7 | 47% |
| Mischief | 28.7 | 2 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.3 | 2.1 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 22 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 45.3 | 3.2 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 10.3 | 0.7 | 39% |
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.
Crime in the places around Saint-Urbain
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Urbain | 1,431 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Saint-Hilarion | 1,221 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| Les Éboulements | 1,661 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
3 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
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. 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. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Urbain alone.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Saint-Urbain
Is Saint-Urbain safe?
Saint-Urbain scores 45 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 11.7 violent incidents and 10.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Urbain?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.7, Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.3 and fraud at 3.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Urbain?
It went down 28% between 2023 and 2025, from 55.9 to 40.3.
How much of Saint-Urbain’s crime do police solve?
About 68% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 85% of violent and 51% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Urbain 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).