Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Sainte-Rose records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Across all the graded crimes, Sainte-Rose lands on B (#242 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 57.2 to 52.9. Its police logs show 12.3 violent incidents and 17.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ the numbers are 10.8 and 25.1. Split in two, the index gives 82.7 for violence and 45.9 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2).
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. The crime severity and crime rate numbers here cover the Laval service area.
What sits behind Sainte-Rose’s B
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Sainte-Rose alone.
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: #242 of 503 in Quebec and #736 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Which crimes make up Laval’s figures
These are Laval’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Laval runs highest on drug offences (2.1 per 1,000 against 0.9), assault (6.5 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (2 per 1,000 against 1.7). Theft under $5,000 and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 4.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 92 | 0.2 | 47% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.3 | 0.4 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 30.3 | 0.07 | 35% |
| Robbery | 194 | 0.4 | 44% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.7 | 0.10 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 120 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Breaking and entering | 665.3 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 164.3 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 919.3 | 2 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 176 | 0.4 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,063.3 | 6.7 | 27% |
| Mischief | 922.7 | 2 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 184 | 0.4 | 71% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,363.7 | 3 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 313.7 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 971.7 | 2.1 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 400 | 0.9 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1,053.7 | 2.3 | 15% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Sainte-Rose, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 58.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 52.9. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Rose | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 58.1 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 57.2 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Sainte-Rose, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Rose
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Auteuil | 27,843 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | — | — | — |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
Same police, same number: 4 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.
- City-wide figures. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Sainte-Rose carries the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Rose
Is Sainte-Rose safe?
The short answer is an index of 56.1 for Sainte-Rose (2023–2025), built from 12.3 violent incidents and 17.1 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Rose?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 6.7, assault at 6.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 4.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Rose?
The reverse: 57.2 in 2023 came down to 52.9 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Sainte-Rose’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 43% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 31% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole city.
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).