Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Hippolyte records less crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 60.1 and other offences for 29.5, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. A Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Saint-Hippolyte reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #46 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, typical years here bring 8.9 violent incidents plus 10.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size. Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Rivière-du-Nord MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Hippolyte
Lower than most of Quebec
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Hippolyte scores 38. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Hippolyte is 12th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Saint-Hippolyte’s police clear 48%, 69% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Questions ↓
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-Hippolyte’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: #46 of 503 in Quebec and #262 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.
What police record in Saint-Hippolyte, by type
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 | 22.3 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 12 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.7 | 1.3 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73.3 | 1.6 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 112 | 2.5 | 25% |
| Mischief | 48.3 | 1.1 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 84 | 1.8 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 0.3 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 60.7 | 1.3 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 41.3 | 0.9 | 31% |
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.
About 410 violent incidents a year across the police area of 46,300 residents that includes Saint-Hippolyte, 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 480 a year and other violations 250 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Saint-Hippolyte is 12th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Quebec | 12,427 | 32.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Winchester Ontario | 12,706 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | Carignan Quebec | 12,618 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 11 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 37.5 | 32.9 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Hippolyte Quebec | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Bromont Quebec | 12,413 | 38.1 | 45.9 | A |
| 14 | Saltspring Island British Columbia | 12,429 | 39.1 | 40.3 | A |
| 15 | Grey Highlands Ontario | 12,148 | 39.7 | 47.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Quebec | 12,154 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Saint-Sauveur Quebec | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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-Hippolyte in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Saint-Hippolyte: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 40.3, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 36.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Hippolyte | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 40.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 36.4 | 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-Hippolyte, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Hippolyte
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | 77.6 | 129.6 | C+ |
Saint-Hippolyte has the lowest index of the places around it. 2 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
- 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. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Hippolyte shares it with its neighbours.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Saint-Hippolyte
Is Saint-Hippolyte safe?
With 8.9 violent incidents and 10.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Hippolyte comes to 38 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have a median of 66.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Hippolyte?
Assault is the most common, at 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.7).
Is crime going up in Saint-Hippolyte?
The index stayed close to where it was, 36.4 in 2023 and 37.4 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Hippolyte’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 48% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 69% of violent and 31% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Hippolyte together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).