Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Hugues than in 68% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 70.8 and other offences to 41.7, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Saint-Hugues reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety. Police counts work out at 9.7 violent incidents and 14.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2. 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Maskoutains MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Hugues
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 49% of Saint-Hugues’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
About the Quebec norm
Saint-Hugues’s index of 49.7 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
The grade: B+ for Saint-Hugues
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Saint-Hugues’s crime by kind
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 0.6 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.06 | 51% |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.3 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 171.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 125.7 | 1.3 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 403 | 4.3 | 36% |
| Mischief | 165.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 84.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 135 | 1.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 216.3 | 2.3 | 11% |
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 people or more.
About 910 violent incidents a year across the police area of 94,500 residents that includes Saint-Hugues, 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.
Add about 1,310 property crimes and 730 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
In Saint-Hugues, down 5% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (54.6) and 2025 the trough (45.9). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Hugues | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 48.6 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Hugues, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Saint-Hugues
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hugues | 1,414 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 1,887 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Guillaume | 1,489 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| Saint-Eugène | 1,180 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Saint-Hugues. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 4 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Hugues alone.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Saint-Hugues
Is Saint-Hugues safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Hugues scores 49.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.7 violent incidents and 14 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Hugues?
Police record assault most, 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (4.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.1).
Is crime going up in Saint-Hugues?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 5%, to 45.9 from 48.6.
How much of Saint-Hugues’s crime do police solve?
About 49% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 67% of violent and 38% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Hugues 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).