Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Bernard than in 88% of Canadian towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Saint-Bernard’s violent half comes to 68.7 and its non-violent half to 25.6, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Graded on crime the police covering Saint-Bernard reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #40 of 503 in Quebec. Out of every 1,000 residents, 8.2 violent incidents and 8.8 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Nouvelle-Beauce MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Bernard
The violent half stands out
Saint-Bernard’s index splits into violent crime, 68.7 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 25.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Bernard stands 3rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Lower than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 37.7 in Saint-Bernard. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Bernard’s police clear 51%, 68% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Questions ↓
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-Bernard, 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: #40 of 503 in Quebec and #249 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.
By its index, Saint-Bernard stands 3rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 3 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 5 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 6 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Waterville Quebec | 2,643 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Quebec | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Bonaventure Quebec | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Martin Quebec | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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-Bernard in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Bernard is part of, 41,100 residents, recorded about 330 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.
And about 350 property crimes, plus 230 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
What police record in Saint-Bernard, by type
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 17.7 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 44 | 1.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28 | 0.7 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 23% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 70 | 1.7 | 42% |
| Mischief | 59 | 1.5 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.2 | 96% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 76.3 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 40 | 1 | 15% |
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-Bernard, down 8% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 47.7; 2025 was lightest, at 31.3. 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-Bernard | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 47.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34 | 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-Bernard, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Bernard
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Scott | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | 1,091 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Saint-Bernard. 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
- 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. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Bernard among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Bernard
Is Saint-Bernard safe?
Its police recorded 8.2 violent incidents and 8.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Bernard a Crime Severity Index of 37.7. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Bernard?
Assault is the most common, at 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.2) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.2).
Is crime going up in Saint-Bernard?
The reverse: 34 in 2023 came down to 31.3 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Saint-Bernard’s crime do police solve?
About 51% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 68% of violent and 36% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Bernard 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).