Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Ange-Gardien runs lower than in 61% of Canadian towns
Year on year, 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, a Crime Severity Index of 55, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. It grades B for safety on crime the police covering Ange-Gardien reported from 2023 to 2025: #228 of 503 in Quebec. Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, one records 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Rouville MRC.
What stands out about safety in Ange-Gardien
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 49% of Ange-Gardien’s crime, weighted by seriousness (66% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Ange-Gardien is 19th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
About the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Ange-Gardien scores 55. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Ange-Gardien’s two halves part ways: 88.5 for violence (typical 85.7) and 42 for the rest (typical 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.
The B for Ange-Gardien, and how it is built
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Ange-Gardien’s crime by kind
Mischief 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 | 21 | 0.7 | 60% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 56 | 2 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.2 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.2 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99 | 3.5 | 31% |
| Mischief | 54.7 | 1.9 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.7 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 0.4 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 22.7 | 0.8 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 65.3 | 2.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 49 | 1.7 | 22% |
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.
Ange-Gardien’s index fell 5% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 61, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 50.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ange-Gardien | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 61 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 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 Ange-Gardien, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
28,700 residents, about 340 violent incidents a year: the police area Ange-Gardien belongs to, 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 410 property crimes, plus 240 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Ange-Gardien comes 19th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Quebec | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 5 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 6 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Trois-Pistoles Quebec | 3,123 | 52.3 | 97.2 | B+ |
| 17 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,184 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| 18 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| 19 | Ange-Gardien Quebec | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 20 | Clermont Quebec | 3,117 | 57.2 | 83.8 | B |
| 21 | Saint-Gabriel Quebec | 3,091 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 22 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire Quebec | 3,158 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Ange-Gardien in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Ange-Gardien
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ange-Gardien | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Césaire | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Farnham | 11,315 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville | 1,540 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
Nearby, 1 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Ange-Gardien. Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, 11.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 45.3 to 55. Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Ange-Gardien among them.
- 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. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Ange-Gardien
Is Ange-Gardien safe?
With 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Ange-Gardien comes to 55 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 Ange-Gardien?
Assault is the most common, at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (4.9) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.7).
Is crime going up in Ange-Gardien?
It went down 5% between 2023 and 2025, from 53.3 to 50.6.
How much of Ange-Gardien’s crime do police solve?
About 49% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 66% of violent and 35% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Ange-Gardien 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).