Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Per resident, Saint-Césaire records less crime than three in five Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 55 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, on the record of crime the police covering Saint-Césaire reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B for safety: #228 of 503 in Quebec. In a usual year, 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 53.3 to 50.6.
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. Shared with the rest of the Rouville MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Césaire
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Césaire’s police clear 49%, 66% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Césaire places 15th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Saint-Césaire’s index of 55 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Saint-Césaire’s index splits into violent crime, 88.5 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 42 against 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.
The grade: B for Saint-Césaire
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: #228 of 503 in Quebec and #715 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.
What police record in Saint-Césaire, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Césaire runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 21 | 0.7 | 60% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 9.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 56 | 2 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.2 | 94% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 1.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.2 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99 | 3.5 | 31% |
| Mischief | 54.7 | 1.9 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.7 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 0.4 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 22.7 | 0.8 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 65.3 | 2.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 49 | 1.7 | 22% |
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.
Saint-Césaire is 15th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanark Highlands Ontario | 6,370 | 33.1 | 38.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 3 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 6 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 7 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Val-David Quebec | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Amqui Quebec | 6,059 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| 15 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 16 | Richelieu Quebec | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 17 | Princeville Quebec | 6,400 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 18 | Brokenhead Manitoba | 5,931 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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-Césaire in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Césaire, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (61) and 2025 the trough (50.6). The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Césaire | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 61 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 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-Césaire, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 340 violent incidents a year across the police area of 28,700 residents that includes Saint-Césaire, 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 410 a year and other violations 240 (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-Césaire
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Césaire | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir | 1,862 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Ange-Gardien | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville | 1,540 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| Saint-Damase | 2,390 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Saint-Césaire. The nearest of them, Saint-Damase (11.9 km away), scores 49.7 against 55. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 4 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Césaire among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Saint-Césaire
Is Saint-Césaire safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Saint-Césaire comes to 55. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 12.1 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Césaire?
Most often it is assault: 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.7.
Is crime going up in Saint-Césaire?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 5%, to 50.6 from 53.3.
How much of Saint-Césaire’s crime do police solve?
49%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 66% and non-violent crime at 35%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Césaire and everywhere else it polices.
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).