Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Laurier-Station runs lower than in 81% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 72.9 for violence and 30.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Police counts work out at 10.3 violent incidents and 10.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Laurier-Station reported through 2023 to 2025: #90 of 503 in Quebec. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 45.4 to 40.2.
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. Shared with the rest of the Lotbinière MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Laurier-Station
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 52% of crime in Laurier-Station ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 63% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Laurier-Station stands 6th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 72.9 on Laurier-Station’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 30.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 42.6 in Laurier-Station. 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 Laurier-Station’s A−
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: #90 of 503 in Quebec and #349 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.
Which crimes make up Laurier-Station’s figures
Fraud and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 18 | 0.5 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 1.5 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.3 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 56.3 | 1.5 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 57 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Mischief | 81.3 | 2.2 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47.7 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 26 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 48 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 0.8 | 27% |
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, Laurier-Station places 6th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 4 | Black Diamond Alberta | 2,910 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 5 | Turner Valley Alberta | 2,784 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 6 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 7 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 8 | Vernon River Prince Edward Island | 2,779 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 9 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 10 | Labelle Quebec | 2,861 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Weedon Quebec | 2,845 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 14 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford Quebec | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Laurier-Station in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Laurier-Station, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (45.4); 2025 was the lightest, at 40.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Laurier-Station | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45.4 | 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 Laurier-Station, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Laurier-Station is part of, 37,800 residents, recorded about 380 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 380 a year and other violations 190 (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 Laurier-Station
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Flavien | 1,682 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly | 1,204 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Its police also cover 6 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
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “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 reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Laurier-Station among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Laurier-Station
Is Laurier-Station safe?
The short answer is an index of 42.6 for Laurier-Station (2023–2025), built from 10.3 violent incidents and 10.3 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Laurier-Station?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.9, fraud at 2.7 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Laurier-Station?
The reverse: 45.4 in 2023 came down to 40.2 by 2025, 11% lower.
How much of Laurier-Station’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 52% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 63% of violent crime and 41% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Laurier-Station 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).