Photo: Pierre-Paul Drouin · Public domainVal-des-Sources has more crime per resident than three in five Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 72.6 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. What’s more, the local count comes to 19.9 violent incidents and 18.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Val-des-Sources reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C+ for safety: #367 of 503 in Quebec. All 3 towns next door with figures 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Sources MRC.
What stands out about safety in Val-des-Sources
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Val-des-Sources records 1.8 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 52% of Val-des-Sources’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 37% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Val-des-Sources’s two halves part ways: 127.5 for violence (typical 85.7) and 51.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Val-des-Sources’s index of 72.6 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.
What’s behind Val-des-Sources’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.
Its place: #367 of 503 in Quebec and #1,528 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.
Val-des-Sources’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Val-des-Sources runs highest on sexual assault (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.9), drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (9.7 per 1,000 against 6.7). Motor vehicle theft 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 | 16.3 | 1.1 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 3.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17 | 1.1 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 77.3 | 5.1 | 46% |
| Mischief | 46 | 3 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 2.8 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 17.3 | 1.1 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 22 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 14.7 | 1 | 16% |
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.
Year by year in Val-des-Sources: down 5%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 74.4; the lightest was 2025, at 70.6. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Val-des-Sources | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 72.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74.4 | 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 Val-des-Sources, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 300 violent incidents a year across the police area of 15,100 residents that includes Val-des-Sources, 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 280 property crimes, plus 110 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
By its index, Val-des-Sources stands 21st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 3 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 19 | Chandler Quebec | 7,323 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 20 | Fernie British Columbia | 7,086 | 69.5 | 65.2 | C+ |
| 21 | Val-des-Sources Quebec | 7,303 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| 22 | La Sarre Quebec | 7,199 | 75.8 | 140 | C+ |
| 23 | Hampstead Quebec | 7,464 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 24 | Kentville Nova Scotia | 7,589 | 82.9 | 90.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Val-des-Sources in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Val-des-Sources
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-des-Sources | 7,303 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Danville | 3,944 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | 1,034 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Wotton | 1,448 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| Tingwick | 1,567 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Kingsey Falls | 2,072 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Val-des-Sources. Tingwick, 11.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 55 to 72.6. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Val-des-Sources shares it with its neighbours.
- Reading the number. 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.
Questions about safety in Val-des-Sources
Is Val-des-Sources safe?
With 19.9 violent incidents and 18.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Val-des-Sources comes to 72.6 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Val-des-Sources?
Most often it is assault: 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 5.2 and theft under $5,000 at 5.1.
Is crime going up in Val-des-Sources?
It went down 5% between 2023 and 2025, from 74.4 to 70.6.
How much of Val-des-Sources’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 52% of crime (67% of violent crime, 37% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Val-des-Sources 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).