Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Saint-Antonin runs lower than in 72% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering Saint-Antonin reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #144 of 503 in Quebec. Its violent half comes to 72.4 and its non-violent half to 39, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Each year brought 10.7 violent incidents and 14.3 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 48.8; it fell to 44.6 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Rivière-du-Loup MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Antonin
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 56% for Saint-Antonin (70% violent, 45% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Antonin places 12th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Saint-Antonin’s index of 48.3 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Saint-Antonin scores 72.4 for violence and 39 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 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.
What’s behind Saint-Antonin’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: #144 of 503 in Quebec and #482 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.
Crime in Saint-Antonin, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Antonin runs highest on drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). 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 | 16.7 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 36.3 | 1 | 48% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9 | 0.2 | 63% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16 | 0.4 | 50% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 22% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 185 | 5.1 | 57% |
| Mischief | 96 | 2.6 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 87 | 2.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 48.3 | 1.3 | 73% |
| Impaired driving | 94.7 | 2.6 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 101.7 | 2.8 | 11% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Antonin places 12th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 8 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 10 | Neuville Quebec | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 11 | Marmora Ontario | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 12 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Casselman Ontario | 4,535 | 50.8 | 62.9 | B+ |
| 14 | Guysborough Nova Scotia | 4,721 | 52.9 | 57 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 16 | Berthierville Quebec | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 22 | 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-Antonin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Antonin, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 51.4, with 2025 the lightest at 44.6. 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-Antonin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 51.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.8 | 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-Antonin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
36,400 residents, about 390 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Antonin 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.
Property crime adds about 520 a year and other violations 390 (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-Antonin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | 2,509 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
5 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
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Antonin shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Saint-Antonin
Is Saint-Antonin safe?
Its police recorded 10.7 violent incidents and 14.3 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Antonin a Crime Severity Index of 48.3. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Antonin?
Most often it is Criminal Code traffic offences: 5.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 5.1 and assault at 4.8.
Is crime going up in Saint-Antonin?
It went down 9% between 2023 and 2025, from 48.8 to 44.6.
How much of Saint-Antonin’s crime do police solve?
About 56% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 70% of violent and 45% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Antonin 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).