Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Côme--Linière has less crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. By contrast, the local count comes to 10.9 violent incidents and 10.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering Saint-Côme--Linière reported from 2023 to 2025: #135 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 81.3 and 34.7.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Beauce-Sartigan MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Côme--Linière
Police clear more here
Police cleared 64% of Saint-Côme--Linière’s crime, weighted by seriousness (82% of violent crime, 48% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Côme--Linière’s two halves part ways: 81.3 for violence (typical 85.7) and 34.7 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Côme--Linière places 14th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Côme--Linière moved from 50.7 to 42, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. 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 B+ for Saint-Côme--Linière, 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: #135 of 503 in Quebec and #471 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.
Saint-Côme--Linière’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Côme--Linière runs highest on drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7). 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 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 28.3 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 14.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.3 | 0.1 | 92% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.7 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Breaking and entering | 62.3 | 1.1 | 52% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 0.10 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30.7 | 0.6 | 34% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.2 | 33% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 124.7 | 2.3 | 46% |
| Mischief | 97.3 | 1.8 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 142 | 2.6 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 83.7 | 1.5 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 107.7 | 2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 95.7 | 1.7 | 24% |
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-Côme--Linière’s index fell 17% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 50.7; the lightest was 2025, at 42. 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-Côme--Linière | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 50.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.7 | 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-Côme--Linière, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Côme--Linière places 14th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 13 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Quebec | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 14 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 15 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 16 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| 17 | Richmond County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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-Côme--Linière in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Côme--Linière is part of, 55,400 residents, recorded about 600 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.
Property crime adds about 580 a year and other violations 500 (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-Côme--Linière
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Zacharie | 1,674 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Prosper | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
Saint-Côme--Linière has the highest index of the places around it. Just 12.3 km away, Saint-Zacharie comes to 30.8, against 47.7. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Côme--Linière shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Saint-Côme--Linière
Is Saint-Côme--Linière safe?
Saint-Côme--Linière scores 47.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 10.9 violent incidents and 10.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Côme--Linière?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5, fraud at 4.2 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Côme--Linière?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 17%, to 42 from 50.7.
How much of Saint-Côme--Linière’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 64% of crime (82% of violent crime, 48% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Côme--Linière 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).