Photo: SDCJ · Public domainJoliette sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
In a usual year, 14.7 violent incidents and 19.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#345 of 503 in Quebec). Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 72 to 63.4. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 107.8 and 53.3.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Joliette MRC.
What stands out about safety in Joliette
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Joliette records 1.5 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in Joliette ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 64% of violent crime and 37% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Joliette stands 22nd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 68.5 in Joliette. 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.
Joliette: B− for safety, and why
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: #345 of 503 in Quebec and #1,340 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.
Which crimes make up Joliette’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Joliette runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8), drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.8) and motor vehicle theft (2.8 per 1,000 against 2.4). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 67 | 0.9 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 25.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.07 | 74% |
| Robbery | 15.3 | 0.2 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 14 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 24 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 129.7 | 1.7 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19 | 0.3 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 210.7 | 2.8 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 42.7 | 0.6 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 409.3 | 5.5 | 39% |
| Mischief | 188 | 2.5 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 20.3 | 0.3 | 94% |
| Administration of justice violations | 302 | 4 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 27.7 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Drug violations | 106 | 1.4 | 98% |
| Impaired driving | 134.7 | 1.8 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 209.7 | 2.8 | 10% |
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.
Joliette, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 72 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 63.4 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Joliette | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 70 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 72 | 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 Joliette, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Joliette places 22nd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgenorth Ontario | 20,628 | 21.2 | 23.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 8 | Varennes Quebec | 21,490 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Lazare Quebec | 22,895 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Rivière-du-Loup Quebec | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador | 20,549 | 58.8 | 70.5 | B |
| 20 | Pitt Meadows British Columbia | 20,892 | 60.8 | 59.8 | B− |
| 21 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| 22 | Joliette Quebec | 22,408 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 23 | Baie-Comeau Quebec | 20,660 | 70 | 134 | C+ |
| 24 | Cobourg Ontario | 22,529 | 71 | 94.5 | C+ |
| 25 | New Hamburg Ontario | 22,890 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Joliette in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Joliette is part of, 75,500 residents, recorded about 1,090 violent incidents a year (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 1,430 a year and other violations 860 (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 Joliette
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliette | 22,408 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Saint-Paul | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 16,904 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | 9,622 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | 3,328 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
6 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Joliette among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Joliette
Is Joliette safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 68.5 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: that is where Joliette stands, with 14.7 violent and 19.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Joliette?
Assault is the most common, at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (5.5) and fraud (5.2).
Is crime going up in Joliette?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 12%, to 63.4 from 72.
How much of Joliette’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 49%: 64% for violent crime and 37% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Joliette 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).