Photo: Vince pahkala · CC BY-SA 3.0St. Laurent sees more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
It grades D for safety on crime the police covering St. Laurent reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 35.9 violent incidents and 54.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 234.8 and 118.6. Manitoba’s towns sit around 129.3, midway up their range.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Lundar detachment area).
What stands out about safety in St. Laurent
A busy place, counted per resident
About 47% of St. Laurent’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
St. Laurent records 27.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Less severe than in 2023
St. Laurent’s index went from 173 in 2023 to 140.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; St. Laurent’s police clear 46%, 67% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside St. Laurent’s D for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 33 km off, which covers its own area rather than St. Laurent.
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.
What police record in St. Laurent, by type
Against the typical town its size, St. Laurent runs highest on mischief (27.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (21.5 per 1,000 against 6.7) and motor vehicle theft (6.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7 | 1 | 81% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 38 | 5.4 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.9 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.7 | 6.1 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 8.1 | 26% |
| Mischief | 195.7 | 27.8 | 48% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 1.1 | 48% |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.3 | 6 | 72% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 1.5 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 18.3 | 2.6 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 45 | 6.4 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
St. Laurent’s index fell 19% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (173); 2024 was the lightest, at 138.7. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | St. Laurent | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 138.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 173 | 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 St. Laurent, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 250 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest St. Laurent (7,010 residents), 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 380 a year and other violations 200 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around St. Laurent
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Laurent | 1,577 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| Woodlands (29 km) | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| Coldwell (35 km) | 1,368 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| Armstrong (46 km) | 2,062 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
| Teulon (48 km) | 1,289 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than St. Laurent. Closest is Woodlands, 28.8 km away, at 100.9 to 150.8 here. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 29–48 km from St. Laurent.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. 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.
Questions about safety in St. Laurent
Is St. Laurent safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, St. Laurent scores 150.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 35.9 violent and 54.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in St. Laurent?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 27.8, assault at 21.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 15.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in St. Laurent?
The reverse: 173 in 2023 came down to 140.8 by 2025, 19% lower.
How much of St. Laurent’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 46% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 67% of violent and 30% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers St. Laurent 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).