Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Gilles than in 81% of Canadian towns
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Saint-Gilles’s violent half comes to 72.9 and its non-violent half to 30.8, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. On the record of crime the police covering Saint-Gilles reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A− for safety: #90 of 503 in Quebec. Add to that, in a usual year, 10.3 violent incidents and 10.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2.
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. Measured across the Lotbinière MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Gilles
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 52% of Saint-Gilles’s crime, weighted by seriousness (63% of violent crime, 41% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Gilles stands 9th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Gilles’s two halves part ways: 72.9 for violence (typical 85.7) and 30.8 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 42.6 in Saint-Gilles. 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-Gilles: A− 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: #90 of 503 in Quebec and #349 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-Gilles’s crime by kind
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 | 18 | 0.5 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 1.5 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.3 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 56.3 | 1.5 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 57 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Mischief | 81.3 | 2.2 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47.7 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 26 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 48 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 0.8 | 27% |
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-Gilles comes 9th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Kingston New Brunswick | 3,577 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 7 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 10 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 11 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Quebec | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 13 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Saint-Thomas Quebec | 3,477 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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-Gilles in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Saint-Gilles: down 11%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 45.4 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 40.2 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Gilles | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45.4 | 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-Gilles, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 380 violent incidents a year in the 37,800-resident police area around Saint-Gilles, 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 380 a year and other violations 190 (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-Gilles
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière | 1,042 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | 1,091 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Saint-Gilles. Closest is Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, 12.5 km away, at 37.7 to 42.6 here. The table leaves out 4 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
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Gilles among them.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Gilles
Is Saint-Gilles safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 42.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Saint-Gilles stands, with 10.3 violent and 10.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Gilles?
Police record assault most, 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (2.7) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.5).
Is crime going up in Saint-Gilles?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 11%, to 40.2 from 45.4.
How much of Saint-Gilles’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 52% of crime (63% of violent crime, 41% 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-Gilles 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).