Photo: Miguel Tremblay · CC0For recorded crime, Saint-Côme sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 87.6 and other offences for 46, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Out of every 1,000 residents, 10.8 violent incidents and 14.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Overall, Saint-Côme grades B for safety (#260 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. In 2023 the index stood at 61.4; it fell to 53.7 in 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 Matawinie MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Côme
A busy place, counted per resident
With 44% of its homes not lived in all year, Saint-Côme counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Côme is 15th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 87.6 on Saint-Côme’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 46 against 62.8. By type ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 43% of crime in Saint-Côme ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 59% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
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, 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: #260 of 503 in Quebec and #863 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.
Which crimes make up Saint-Côme’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Côme runs highest on motor vehicle theft (3 per 1,000 against 2.6). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 44.3 | 0.8 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.09 | 75% |
| Robbery | 6.3 | 0.1 | 75% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.09 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 16 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 131.3 | 2.3 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 46 | 0.8 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 174 | 3 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 144.7 | 2.5 | 23% |
| Mischief | 96.7 | 1.7 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 19.3 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 92 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 0.3 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 48 | 0.8 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 123 | 2.1 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 75 | 1.3 | 16% |
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, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 61.4, against a low of 53.7 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Côme | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 61.4 | 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, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Saint-Côme stands 15th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 7 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Weedon Quebec | 2,845 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 13 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 14 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints Quebec | 2,841 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 15 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 16 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 17 | Lacolle Quebec | 2,806 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 18 | Sainte-Luce Quebec | 2,808 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 620 violent incidents a year in the 58,800-resident police area around Saint-Côme, 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 840 a year and other violations 420 (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
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Côme | 2,810 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie | 1,856 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Béatrix | 2,388 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
5 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Côme 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-Côme
Is Saint-Côme safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Côme scores 57.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.8 violent incidents and 14.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. 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-Côme?
Top of the list is assault (5.4 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4, and motor vehicle theft, at 3, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Côme?
The reverse: 61.4 in 2023 came down to 53.7 by 2025, 13% lower.
How much of Saint-Côme’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 43%: 59% for violent crime and 32% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Côme 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).