Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-Joseph sees less crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
About 28% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Even so, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-Joseph reported put it at A for safety. Per 1,000 residents a year, 9.3 violent incidents and 13.7 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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 44.6 and 33.3.
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 Clair detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Joseph
Lighter than New Brunswick’s middle
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 36.3 in Saint-Joseph. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
From 40.2 in 2023 to 27.7 in 2025: that is Saint-Joseph’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. 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.
Inside Saint-Joseph’s A for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 32 km from Saint-Joseph, not to the town.
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-Joseph’s index fell 31% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 41.1, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 27.7. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Joseph | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 41.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 40.2 | 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-Joseph, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Saint-Joseph, type by type
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9.3 | 1.4 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 10 | 1.5 | 10% |
| Mischief | 28.3 | 4.3 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 8 | 1.2 | 29% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.8 | 6% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 6.3 | 1 | 63% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Around 60 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Saint-Joseph (6,610 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.
Add about 89 property crimes and 30 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Joseph
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph | 1,641 | 36.3 | 44.6 | A |
| Saint-Jacques | 1,763 | 36.3 | 44.6 | A |
| Edmundston | 18,174 | 85 | 102.4 | C |
One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- 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.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Saint-Joseph
Is Saint-Joseph safe?
With 9.3 violent incidents and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Joseph comes to 36.3 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Joseph?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 5, mischief at 4.3 and assault at 3.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Joseph?
It went down 31% between 2023 and 2025, from 40.2 to 27.7.
How much of Saint-Joseph’s crime do police solve?
28%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 53% and non-violent crime at 13%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Joseph 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).