Photo: Mathieu Côté · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard than in 80% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 75.8 and its non-violent half to 31.6, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 39.1 to 44.8. By contrast, it grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard reported from 2023 to 2025: #101 of 503 in Quebec. Out of every 1,000 residents, 11.0 violent incidents and 10.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Rimouski-Neigette MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard places 9th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Violent crime scores 75.8 on Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 31.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 48% of crime in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 61% of violent crime and 37% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s index of 44 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.
Inside Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s A− for safety
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: #101 of 503 in Quebec and #368 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 Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s figures
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 40.7 | 0.7 | 43% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 23.3 | 0.4 | 82% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 0.1 | 90% |
| Other violent violations | 33 | 0.6 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 63.3 | 1.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 18 | 0.3 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 48% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 184 | 3.1 | 39% |
| Mischief | 128.7 | 2.2 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 182.3 | 3.1 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.7 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 57.7 | 1 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 75.7 | 1.3 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 158 | 2.7 | 12% |
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.
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 48, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 39.1. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.1 | 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 Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is 9th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 8 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Quebec | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Quebec | 2,961 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 11 | North Shore Prince Edward Island | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 12 | Elkford British Columbia | 3,030 | 48.2 | 67.7 | B+ |
| 13 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Saint-Bruno Quebec | 2,935 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Saint-Dominique Quebec | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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-Anaclet-de-Lessard in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
60,300 residents, about 650 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard belongs to, 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 650 property crimes, plus 540 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Rimouski | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski | 1,239 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard. Same police, same number: one neighbour drops out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard alone.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
Is Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard safe?
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard measures 44 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11 violent incidents and 10.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?
Assault is the most common, at 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (4.2) and fraud (3.8).
Is crime going up in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?
It went up 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 39.1 to 44.8.
How much of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 61% of violent crime and 37% of everything else, 48% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 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).