Photo: Fralambert · Public domainSaint-André-Avellin is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 55.7 to 63.1. In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Saint-André-Avellin at B− (#282 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Violence and property crime split as 17.5 violent incidents and 13.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 61.7 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Papineau MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-André-Avellin
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 60% of crime in Saint-André-Avellin ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 79% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 107.3 on Saint-André-Avellin’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 44 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-André-Avellin comes 16th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-André-Avellin, 61.7. 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 B− for Saint-André-Avellin, and how it is built
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: #282 of 503 in Quebec and #924 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-André-Avellin’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-André-Avellin runs highest on assault (8.6 per 1,000 against 6.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.7 | 58% |
| Breaking and entering | 66.7 | 2.5 | 39% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.7 | 0.4 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 56.7 | 2.1 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18 | 0.7 | 22% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56 | 2.1 | 34% |
| Mischief | 65.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.4 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 62 | 2.3 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 0.4 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 31 | 1.1 | 65% |
| Impaired driving | 49 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 23.7 | 0.9 | 28% |
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-André-Avellin, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 66.2 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 55.7 in 2023. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-André-Avellin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 66.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 55.7 | 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-André-Avellin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-André-Avellin comes 16th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 4 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | L'Islet Quebec | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 8 | Cap-Santé Quebec | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Quebec | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 14 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 56.3 | 77.5 | B |
| 15 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo British Columbia | 3,733 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 16 | Saint-André-Avellin Quebec | 3,862 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| 17 | Cartier Manitoba | 3,739 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 3,811 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| 19 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 3,764 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Watford Ontario | 3,955 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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-André-Avellin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 470 violent incidents a year across the police area of 27,100 residents that includes Saint-André-Avellin, 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 370 property crimes, plus 220 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-André-Avellin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-Avellin | 3,862 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Ripon | 1,835 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Papineauville | 2,332 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Montpellier | 1,253 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 4 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-André-Avellin among them.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Saint-André-Avellin
Is Saint-André-Avellin safe?
Saint-André-Avellin scores 61.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 17.5 violent incidents and 13.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-André-Avellin?
Most often it is assault: 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.7 and fraud at 3.4.
Is crime going up in Saint-André-Avellin?
Yes: the index rose 13%, from 55.7 in 2023 to 63.1 in 2025.
How much of Saint-André-Avellin’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 60%: 79% for violent crime and 41% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-André-Avellin and everywhere else it polices.
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).