Photo: JA7957 at English Wikipedia · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Antoine than in 92% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 31.3 and 36.1. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Add to that, on crime the police covering Saint-Antoine reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety. The yearly rates were 7.3 violent incidents and 16.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Bouctouche detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Antoine
Under the New Brunswick norm
Set among New Brunswick’s towns, whose median is 72.8, Saint-Antoine scores 34.5. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Antoine’s police clear 19%, 49% of violent crime and 8% of the rest. Questions ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Saint-Antoine’s index splits into violent crime, 31.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 36.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
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-Antoine’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 12 km from Saint-Antoine, since none reports under the town’s name.
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 Saint-Antoine, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Antoine runs highest on mischief (5.6 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault 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 | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20.7 | 1.7 | 6% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.7 | 0.8 | 13% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 1.7 | 1% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34 | 2.9 | 4% |
| Mischief | 66.3 | 5.6 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9.3 | 0.8 | 46% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.7 | 0.5 | 23% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8 | 0.7 | 34% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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.
About 87 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Saint-Antoine (12,000 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 200 a year and other violations 48 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Antoine’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (41.6); the low point came in 2024, at 21.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Antoine | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 21.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 41.6 | 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-Antoine, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Saint-Antoine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| Dundas | 4,733 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Saint-Antoine. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Saint-Antoine
Is Saint-Antoine safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Saint-Antoine’s Crime Severity Index stands at 34.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 7.3 violent incidents and 16.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Antoine?
Most often it is mischief: 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.4 and assault at 3.
Is crime going up in Saint-Antoine?
Barely: 41.6 in 2023, 40.5 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Antoine’s crime do police solve?
19%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 49% and non-violent crime at 8%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Antoine 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).