Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Saint-Apollinaire records less crime than four in five Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 45.4 to 40.2. Violence accounts for an index of 72.9 and other offences for 30.8, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Its letter for safety is A−, worked out from crime the police covering Saint-Apollinaire reported over 2023 to 2025: #90 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 10.3 violent incidents and 10.3 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Lotbinière MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Apollinaire
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 52% for Saint-Apollinaire (63% violent, 41% 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-Apollinaire places 9th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Saint-Apollinaire scores 72.9 for violence and 30.8 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Saint-Apollinaire’s index of 42.6 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.
The grade: A− for Saint-Apollinaire
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: #90 of 503 in Quebec and #349 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-Apollinaire, type by type
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 | 18 | 0.5 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 1.5 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.3 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 56.3 | 1.5 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 57 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Mischief | 81.3 | 2.2 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47.7 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 26 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 48 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 0.8 | 27% |
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.
By its index, Saint-Apollinaire stands 9th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Laurentian Valley Ontario | 9,714 | 36.3 | 44.5 | A |
| 7 | Otterburn Park Quebec | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 8 | Delson Quebec | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Apollinaire Quebec | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 10 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 11 | Coaticook Quebec | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 12 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,810 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Lorraine Quebec | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 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-Apollinaire in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Apollinaire, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (45.4); 2025 was the lightest, at 40.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Apollinaire | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45.4 | 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-Apollinaire, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
37,800 residents, about 380 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Apollinaire 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 380 property crimes, plus 190 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-Apollinaire
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Apollinaire | 9,218 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Neuville | 4,579 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| Saint-Flavien | 1,682 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 20,864 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Saint-Apollinaire. Same police, same number: 4 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Apollinaire shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Saint-Apollinaire
Is Saint-Apollinaire safe?
Saint-Apollinaire’s Crime Severity Index is 42.6 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 10.3 violent incidents and 10.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Apollinaire?
Most often it is assault: 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 2.7 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.5.
Is crime going up in Saint-Apollinaire?
Down 11%: 45.4 in 2023, 40.2 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Apollinaire’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 63% of violent crime and 41% of everything else, 52% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Apollinaire and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).