Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Saint-Anselme runs lower than in 85% of Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is A, worked out from crime the police covering Saint-Anselme reported over 2023 to 2025: #68 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 73 and 26.8. Year on year, 8.5 violent incidents and 9.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Bellechasse MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Anselme
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 55% of Saint-Anselme’s crime, weighted by seriousness (72% of violent crime, 39% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Anselme’s two halves part ways: 73 for violence (typical 85.7) and 26.8 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Anselme comes 9th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Saint-Anselme’s index went from 34.9 in 2023 to 42.3 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. 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-Anselme’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: #68 of 503 in Quebec and #294 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.
Saint-Anselme’s crime by kind
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 | 19 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.3 | 0.3 | 58% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.3 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Mischief | 58.3 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47 | 1.2 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 68.7 | 1.7 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28 | 0.7 | 33% |
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.
In Saint-Anselme, up 21% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 42.3, with 2023 the lightest at 34.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Anselme | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 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-Anselme, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Anselme places 9th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 7 | Warner County No. 5 Alberta | 4,533 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 8 | Deep River Ontario | 4,353 | 39.3 | 56 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Neuville Quebec | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | Highlands East Ontario | 4,372 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 19 | Berthierville Quebec | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Quebec | 4,615 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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-Anselme in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Anselme is part of, 39,600 residents, recorded about 340 violent incidents a year (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.
Property crime adds about 350 a year and other violations 200 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Anselme
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Sainte-Hénédine | 1,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Sainte-Claire | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Henri | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,235 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse | 1,330 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Saint-Anselme. Closest is Sainte-Hénédine, 7.4 km away, at 37.7 to 39.7 here. 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
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Anselme alone.
- The index’s scale. 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.
Questions about safety in Saint-Anselme
Is Saint-Anselme safe?
Saint-Anselme measures 39.7 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 8.5 violent incidents and 9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Anselme?
Most often it is assault: 4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.8.
Is crime going up in Saint-Anselme?
Up 21%: 34.9 in 2023, 42.3 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Anselme’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 55%: 72% for violent crime and 39% 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-Anselme 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).