Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Saint-Henri runs lower than in 85% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 73 for violence and 26.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Violence and property crime split as 8.5 violent incidents and 9.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On the record of crime the police covering Saint-Henri reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A for safety: #68 of 503 in Quebec. Both towns on its borders with figures record more 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. Measured across the Bellechasse MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Henri
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 55% of crime in Saint-Henri ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 72% of violent crime and 39% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 73 on Saint-Henri’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 26.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Henri is 7th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Up since 2023
From 34.9 in 2023 to 42.3 in 2025: that is Saint-Henri’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. 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.
Inside Saint-Henri’s A for safety
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: #68 of 503 in Quebec and #294 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-Henri’s figures
Mischief and theft under $5,000 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 | 19 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.3 | 0.3 | 58% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.3 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Mischief | 58.3 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47 | 1.2 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 68.7 | 1.7 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28 | 0.7 | 33% |
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-Henri’s index rose 21% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 42.3 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 34.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Henri | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 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-Henri, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Henri comes 7th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| 6 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 8 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 9 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| 10 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| 11 | Lac-Mégantic Quebec | 5,947 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 12 | Val-David Quebec | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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-Henri in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 340 violent incidents a year across the police area of 39,600 residents that includes Saint-Henri, 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 350 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Henri
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Henri | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Lévis | 160,882 | 34.5 | 57.5 | A |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,235 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Beaumont | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Saint-Henri. Lévis, 13.1 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 34.5 to 39.7. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 4 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Henri alone.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Henri
Is Saint-Henri safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 39.7 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Saint-Henri stands, with 8.5 violent and 9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Henri?
Police record assault most, 4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.8).
Is crime going up in Saint-Henri?
It has: 34.9 in 2023 became 42.3 by 2025, a rise of 21%.
How much of Saint-Henri’s crime do police solve?
55%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 72% and non-violent crime at 39%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Henri 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).