Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Basile-le-Grand than in 89% of Canadian towns
Its police logs show 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.0 and 30.5. Graded on crime the police covering Saint-Basile-le-Grand reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #26 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 58.5 for violence and 28.9 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Under the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Basile-le-Grand, 37.1. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Basile-le-Grand comes 9th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 46% of crime in Saint-Basile-le-Grand ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in Saint-Basile-le-Grand stood at 39.2, by 2025 at 33.2. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. 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.
The A for Saint-Basile-le-Grand, and how it is built
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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Saint-Basile-le-Grand’s figures
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Year by year in Saint-Basile-le-Grand: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 39.2, against a low of 33.2 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Basile-le-Grand | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Basile-le-Grand, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Basile-le-Grand is 9th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 26.7 | 23.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Corunna Ontario | 15,872 | 32.2 | 38.8 | A |
| 7 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 34.7 | 33.1 | A |
| 8 | Mercier Quebec | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Basile-le-Grand Quebec | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Comox British Columbia | 15,884 | 40.6 | 39.2 | A− |
| 11 | Sainte-Catherine Quebec | 17,782 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 12 | Severn Ontario | 15,716 | 41.7 | 48.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Quebec | 15,904 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Gaspé Quebec | 15,479 | 57.9 | 106.1 | B |
| 22 | Lavaltrie Quebec | 15,996 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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-Basile-le-Grand in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Basile-le-Grand is part of, 222,500 residents, recorded about 1,900 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 2,390 property crimes and 1,120 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Basile-le-Grand
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | 26,786 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | 4,598 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Saint-Basile-le-Grand. 4 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
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Shared policing. Saint-Basile-le-Grand is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Is Saint-Basile-le-Grand safe?
Saint-Basile-le-Grand’s Crime Severity Index is 37.1 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Basile-le-Grand?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.1, fraud at 3.5 and theft under $5,000 at 2.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Basile-le-Grand?
No: the index fell 15%, from 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Basile-le-Grand’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 46% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Basile-le-Grand 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).