Photo: Cecil Adelaide · Public domainSaint-Eustache has less crime per resident than 60% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 78.9 for violence and 46.5 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). Measured on crime the police covering Saint-Eustache reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B: #238 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 13.8 violent incidents and 18.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. On top of that, its 5 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Eustache
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 52% for Saint-Eustache (70% violent, 39% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Eustache stands 18th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 55.4 in Saint-Eustache. Towns its size ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Saint-Eustache records 1.6 incidents of drug offences 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 ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Saint-Eustache’s grade
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: #238 of 503 in Quebec and #726 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.
Crime in Saint-Eustache, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Eustache runs highest on drug offences (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and sexual assault (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 21 | 0.4 | 78% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 20 | 0.4 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 11.7 | 0.2 | 60% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Other violent violations | 11.3 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 77.7 | 1.7 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.7 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 85 | 1.8 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15.7 | 0.3 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 327 | 6.9 | 33% |
| Mischief | 95 | 2 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 15.3 | 0.3 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 79.7 | 1.7 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 74 | 1.6 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 95.3 | 2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 60.3 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Police in Saint-Eustache recorded about 650 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 890 property crimes, plus 380 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Saint-Eustache comes 18th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 11 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| 12 | Châteauguay Quebec | 53,508 | 50.6 | 85.7 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Quinte West Ontario | 50,385 | 52.9 | 73.2 | B+ |
| 16 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 17 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 18 | Saint-Eustache Quebec | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| 19 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 57.2 | 59.8 | B |
| 20 | St. Thomas Ontario | 49,388 | 65.2 | 72.6 | B− |
| 21 | Rouyn-Noranda Quebec | 43,270 | 66.7 | 112.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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-Eustache in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Saint-Eustache: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (55.8); 2024 was the low point, at 55.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Eustache | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 55.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 55.3 | 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-Eustache, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Eustache
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| Deux-Montagnes | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Laval-Ouest | 11,034 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | — | — | — |
| Sainte-Dorothée | 38,183 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
2 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Saint-Eustache. Deux-Montagnes, 3.1 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 30.8 to 55.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Eustache
Is Saint-Eustache safe?
The short answer is an index of 55.4 for Saint-Eustache (2023–2025), built from 13.8 violent incidents and 18.8 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Eustache?
Police record assault most, 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (6.9) and fraud (5.3).
Is crime going up in Saint-Eustache?
Barely: 55.3 in 2023, 55.8 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Eustache’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 52%: 70% for violent crime and 39% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Saint-Eustache alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).