Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Amable than in 89% of Canadian towns
Recorded violent incidents ran at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 10.8, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Counting crime the police covering Saint-Amable reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #26 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 58.5 for violence and 28.9 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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. Measured across the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Amable
Lower than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 37.1 in Saint-Amable. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Amable stands 10th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Saint-Amable’s police clear 46%, 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Easing since 2023
Saint-Amable’s index went from 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Saint-Amable’s grade
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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 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.
What police record in Saint-Amable, by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Amable’s index dropped 15%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 39.2; the lightest was 2025, at 33.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Amable | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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 Saint-Amable, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Amable comes 10th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 8 | Long Sault Ontario | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 9 | South Glengarry Ontario | 14,355 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Amable Quebec | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie Quebec | 13,873 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 12 | Prévost Quebec | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Beaverton Ontario | 13,710 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 14 | Bécancour Quebec | 14,943 | 46.5 | 64.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Rosemère Quebec | 14,198 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Matane Quebec | 14,180 | 53.9 | 85.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Saint-Amable in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,900 violent incidents a year in the 222,500-resident police area around Saint-Amable, 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.
Add about 2,390 property crimes and 1,120 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Amable
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Amable | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu | 2,284 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Varennes | 21,490 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
Same police, same number: 6 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
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider service area. The service that polices Saint-Amable reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
Questions about safety in Saint-Amable
Is Saint-Amable safe?
Its police recorded 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Amable a Crime Severity Index of 37.1. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Amable?
Police record assault most, 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.5) and theft under $5,000 (2.7).
Is crime going up in Saint-Amable?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 39.2 to 33.2.
How much of Saint-Amable’s crime do police solve?
About 46% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 65% of violent and 32% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Amable 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).