Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Victoriaville than in 61% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 54.6 to 51.6. Still, for every 1,000 residents, 14.7 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.0 and 30.5. Its Safety Grade is B, on crime the police covering Victoriaville reported from 2023 to 2025: #228 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 86.5 for violence and 42.9 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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. Measured across the Arthabaska MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Victoriaville
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 50% for Victoriaville (65% violent, 37% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Victoriaville comes 18th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Quebec middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Victoriaville, 55. 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 Victoriaville’s B 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: #228 of 503 in Quebec and #715 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Victoriaville, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Victoriaville runs highest on drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). 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 | 56.7 | 0.7 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.07 | 89% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 11.3 | 0.1 | 91% |
| Other violent violations | 29 | 0.4 | 63% |
| Breaking and entering | 125.7 | 1.6 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.3 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 111.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 24 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 383.7 | 5 | 44% |
| Mischief | 177 | 2.3 | 31% |
| Weapons violations | 14.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 228.3 | 3 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 26 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 88.3 | 1.1 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 158.3 | 2.1 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 149 | 1.9 | 9% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Victoriaville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 58.8; 2025 was the lightest, at 51.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Victoriaville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 58.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 54.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Victoriaville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 1,130 violent incidents a year across the police area of 77,600 residents that includes Victoriaville, 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 1,250 property crimes and 710 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Victoriaville places 18th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 16 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| 17 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 18 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 19 | Saint-Eustache Quebec | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| 20 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 57.2 | 59.8 | B |
| 21 | St. Thomas Ontario | 49,388 | 65.2 | 72.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Victoriaville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Victoriaville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoriaville | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Valère | 1,187 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Albert | 1,744 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Warwick | 4,939 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
The comparison skips 5 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Victoriaville alone.
Questions about safety in Victoriaville
Is Victoriaville safe?
Its police recorded 14.7 violent incidents and 16.3 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Victoriaville a Crime Severity Index of 55. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Victoriaville?
Top of the list is assault (7.1 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 5.1, and theft under $5,000, at 5, follow.
Is crime going up in Victoriaville?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 6%, to 51.6 from 54.6.
How much of Victoriaville’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 50% of crime (65% of violent crime, 37% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Victoriaville 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).