Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0La Présentation has less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 48.6; it fell to 45.9 in 2025. Year on year, 9.7 violent incidents and 14.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, its letter for safety is B+, worked out from crime the police covering La Présentation reported over 2023 to 2025: #167 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 70.8 and other offences to 41.7, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Maskoutains MRC.
What stands out about safety in La Présentation
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 49% of La Présentation’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, La Présentation places 13th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
La Présentation’s index of 49.7 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
What sits behind La Présentation’s B+
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: #167 of 503 in Quebec and #534 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.
La Présentation’s crime by kind
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 0.6 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.06 | 51% |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.3 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 171.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 125.7 | 1.3 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 403 | 4.3 | 36% |
| Mischief | 165.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 84.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 135 | 1.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 216.3 | 2.3 | 11% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, La Présentation places 13th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 5 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 6 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| 11 | Bonaventure Quebec | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 12 | Saint-Martin Quebec | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 13 | La Présentation Quebec | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Souris Manitoba | 2,737 | 54.2 | 56.4 | B |
| 15 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston Quebec | 2,662 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 La Présentation in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 910 violent incidents a year in the 94,500-resident police area around La Présentation, 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 1,310 property crimes, plus 730 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
La Présentation, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 54.6, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 45.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | La Présentation | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.6 | 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 La Présentation, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around La Présentation
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
Sharing its police with 5 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; La Présentation shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in La Présentation
Is La Présentation safe?
The short answer is an index of 49.7 for La Présentation (2023–2025), built from 9.7 violent incidents and 14 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in La Présentation?
Assault is the most common, at 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (4.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.1).
Is crime going up in La Présentation?
It went down 5% between 2023 and 2025, from 48.6 to 45.9.
How much of La Présentation’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving La Présentation together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).