Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime in Saint-Charles-Borromée is close to typical for Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 107.8 and 53.3. The yearly rates were 14.7 violent incidents and 19.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Saint-Charles-Borromée grades B− for safety overall (#345 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 72 in 2023 to 63.4 by 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Joliette MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Charles-Borromée
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Saint-Charles-Borromée records 1.5 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Saint-Charles-Borromée’s police clear 49%, 64% of violent crime and 37% of the rest. Questions ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Charles-Borromée comes 25th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Charles-Borromée, 68.5. 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.
Saint-Charles-Borromée: B− for safety, and why
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: #345 of 503 in Quebec and #1,340 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.
What police record in Saint-Charles-Borromée, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Charles-Borromée runs highest on sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8), drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.8) and motor vehicle theft (2.8 per 1,000 against 2.4). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 67 | 0.9 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 25.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.07 | 74% |
| Robbery | 15.3 | 0.2 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 14 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 24 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 129.7 | 1.7 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19 | 0.3 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 210.7 | 2.8 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 42.7 | 0.6 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 409.3 | 5.5 | 39% |
| Mischief | 188 | 2.5 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 20.3 | 0.3 | 94% |
| Administration of justice violations | 302 | 4 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 27.7 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Drug violations | 106 | 1.4 | 98% |
| Impaired driving | 134.7 | 1.8 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 209.7 | 2.8 | 10% |
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.
Saint-Charles-Borromée, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 72, and 2025 the lightest at 63.4. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Charles-Borromée | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 70 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 72 | 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-Charles-Borromée, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Charles-Borromée is 25th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Mercier Quebec | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Basile-le-Grand Quebec | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Sainte-Catherine Quebec | 17,782 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Quebec | 15,904 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Strathmore Alberta | 16,416 | 66.8 | 78.9 | B− |
| 23 | Sturgeon Falls Ontario | 16,682 | 66.8 | 82.7 | B− |
| 24 | Lake Country British Columbia | 17,637 | 67.1 | 59.9 | B− |
| 25 | Saint-Charles-Borromée Quebec | 16,904 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 26 | Cowansville Quebec | 17,269 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 27 | Greater Napanee Ontario | 18,016 | 73.9 | 103.7 | C+ |
| 28 | Lachute Quebec | 15,469 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 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-Charles-Borromée in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,090 violent incidents a year in the 75,500-resident police area around Saint-Charles-Borromée, 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 1,430 a year and other violations 860 (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-Charles-Borromée
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 16,904 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | 9,622 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Joliette | 22,408 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | 3,328 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare | 4,615 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Saint-Paul | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
The table leaves out 6 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Charles-Borromée shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Saint-Charles-Borromée
Is Saint-Charles-Borromée safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Saint-Charles-Borromée scores 68.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 14.7 violent and 19.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Charles-Borromée?
Top of the list is assault (7.3 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 5.5, and fraud, at 5.2, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Charles-Borromée?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 72 to 63.4.
How much of Saint-Charles-Borromée’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (64% of violent crime, 37% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Charles-Borromée 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).