Photo: Ldesbiens at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Crime per resident in L'Anse-Saint-Jean runs lower than in 70% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 80 and other offences to 36.6, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering L'Anse-Saint-Jean reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, in a usual year, 10.2 violent incidents and 11.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2.
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 for the Fjord-du-Saguenay MRC.
What stands out about safety in L'Anse-Saint-Jean
More people here than live here
About 35% of L'Anse-Saint-Jean’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 53% for L'Anse-Saint-Jean (68% violent, 40% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
L'Anse-Saint-Jean scores 80 for violence and 36.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, L'Anse-Saint-Jean scores 48.7. 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.
The grade: B+ for L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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.
Crime in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, 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 | 18.7 | 0.8 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 47 | 2.1 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1.7 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 46.7 | 2 | 39% |
| Mischief | 32 | 1.4 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 36 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 13 | 0.6 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 42.3 | 1.9 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.5 | 33% |
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 230 violent incidents a year in the 23,200-resident police area around L'Anse-Saint-Jean, 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 260 a year and other violations 130 (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, L'Anse-Saint-Jean’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
At 53.8, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 46.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 53.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 46.1 | 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 L'Anse-Saint-Jean, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around L'Anse-Saint-Jean
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Anse-Saint-Jean | 1,310 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| Saint-Félix-d'Otis (30 km) | 1,203 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| Sacré-Coeur (34 km) | 1,679 | 72.5 | 127.6 | C+ |
| Saint-Siméon (47 km) | 1,113 | 57.2 | 83.8 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than L'Anse-Saint-Jean. Its police also cover one neighbouring place, which carries the same index and is left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to L'Anse-Saint-Jean with figures are 30–47 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for L'Anse-Saint-Jean alone.
Questions about safety in L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Is L'Anse-Saint-Jean safe?
L'Anse-Saint-Jean’s Crime Severity Index is 48.7 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 10.2 violent incidents and 11.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
Assault is the most common, at 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (2.8) and fraud (2.6).
Is crime going up in L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
Barely: 46.1 in 2023, 46.1 in 2025.
How much of L'Anse-Saint-Jean’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 53% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 68% of violent crime and 40% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving L'Anse-Saint-Jean 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).