Photo: BAnQ · Public domainSaint-André-d'Argenteuil has more crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
All 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. What’s more, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-André-d'Argenteuil reported put it at C+ for safety: #389 of 503 in Quebec. Its police logs show 20.6 violent incidents and 20.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. In 2023 the index stood at 82.9; it fell to 74.1 in 2025.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Argenteuil MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 65% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s index of 76.4 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil places 21st from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 122.2 on Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 58.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: C+ for safety, and why
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: #389 of 503 in Quebec and #1,587 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-d'Argenteuil’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (9.9 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 | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 23.7 | 0.6 | 72% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.4 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 11 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 42.3 | 1.1 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 108 | 2.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13.3 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 90.3 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27.7 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 200 | 5.3 | 34% |
| Mischief | 102 | 2.7 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.3 | 3.3 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 53.3 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 90.7 | 2.4 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 68 | 1.8 | 19% |
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-d'Argenteuil, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 82.9 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 72.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 72.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.9 | 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-d'Argenteuil, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 780 violent incidents a year in the 38,500-resident police area around Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, 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 750 property crimes and 420 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
By its index, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil stands 21st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 9 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Quebec | 3,328 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 19 | Grande-Rivière Quebec | 3,318 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 20 | Marathon Ontario | 3,223 | 74.7 | 120.7 | C+ |
| 21 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Quebec | 3,300 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 22 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 3,256 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 23 | Placentia Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,374 | 79.6 | 65.6 | C |
| 24 | Atholville New Brunswick | 3,346 | 89.1 | 100 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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-André-d'Argenteuil in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Lachute | 15,469 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 70.8 | 123.5 | C+ |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur | 1,163 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil sits above 3 of the 4 neighbours with figures of their own. East Hawkesbury, 9.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 70.8 to 76.4. 2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-André-d'Argenteuil shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Is Saint-André-d'Argenteuil safe?
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s Crime Severity Index is 76.4 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 20.6 violent incidents and 20 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The three biggest groups are assault at 9.9, theft under $5,000 at 5.3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
Down 11%: 82.9 in 2023, 74.1 in 2025.
How much of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 49% 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-André-d'Argenteuil 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).