Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Aubert has less crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 73 and 32.4. Out of every 1,000 residents, 11.5 violent incidents and 10.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. What’s more, its letter for safety is A−, worked out from crime the police covering Saint-Aubert reported over 2023 to 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the L'Islet MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Aubert
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Saint-Aubert ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 77% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 73 on Saint-Aubert’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 32.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Aubert scores 43.7. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Aubert moved from 41.4 to 48.8, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. 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 sits behind Saint-Aubert’s A−
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Saint-Aubert’s index rose 18% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (48.8) and 2024 least (40.9). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Aubert | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 40.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 41.4 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Aubert, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Saint-Aubert is part of, 17,800 residents, recorded about 210 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.
Add about 190 property crimes and 130 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Which crimes make up Saint-Aubert’s figures
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.4 | 51% |
| Breaking and entering | 27.3 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12 | 0.7 | 33% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.7 | 1.9 | 38% |
| Mischief | 47.3 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 36 | 2 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 0.9 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 31.7 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 23.7 | 1.3 | 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 people or more.
Crime in the places around Saint-Aubert
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubert | 1,387 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| L'Islet | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Aubert among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Aubert
Is Saint-Aubert safe?
Its police recorded 11.5 violent incidents and 10.7 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Aubert a Crime Severity Index of 43.7. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Aubert?
Most often it is assault: 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.6 and fraud at 3.6.
Is crime going up in Saint-Aubert?
Yes: the index rose 18%, from 41.4 in 2023 to 48.8 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Aubert’s crime do police solve?
About 56% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 77% of violent and 36% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Aubert 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).