Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Vallier than in 85% of Canadian towns
Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. On top of that, in a usual year, 8.5 violent incidents and 9.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2. The Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crime the police covering Saint-Vallier reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence accounts for an index of 73 and other offences for 26.8, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8.
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 Bellechasse MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Vallier
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Vallier’s police clear 55%, 72% of violent crime and 39% of the rest. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Saint-Vallier’s index splits into violent crime, 73 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 26.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Vallier scores 39.7. Towns its size ↓
Up since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Vallier moved from 34.9 to 42.3, 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.
The A for Saint-Vallier, and how it is built
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-Vallier’s index rose 21% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 42.3, and 2023 lowest at 34.9. Set beside it, 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-Vallier | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 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-Vallier, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Saint-Vallier is part of, 39,600 residents, recorded about 340 violent incidents a year (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 350 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
What police record in Saint-Vallier, by type
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 19 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.3 | 0.3 | 58% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.3 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Mischief | 58.3 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47 | 1.2 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 68.7 | 1.7 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28 | 0.7 | 33% |
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-Vallier
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vallier | 1,026 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,006 | 26.8 | 44.8 | A+ |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | 1,902 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Berthier-sur-Mer | 1,819 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud | 1,550 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Raphaël | 2,488 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Beaumont | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Saint-Vallier. Just 6.1 km away, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans comes to 26.8, against 39.7. 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
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “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-Vallier among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Vallier
Is Saint-Vallier safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Vallier scores 39.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 8.5 violent incidents and 9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Vallier?
Most often it is assault: 4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.8.
Is crime going up in Saint-Vallier?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 21%, to 42.3 from 34.9.
How much of Saint-Vallier’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 55% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 72% of violent and 39% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Vallier 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).