Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Saint-Isidore runs lower than in 88% of Canadian towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 8.2 violent incidents and 8.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, that puts it at A for safety, judged on crime the police covering Saint-Isidore reported from 2023 to 2025: #40 of 503 in Quebec. Its violent half comes to 68.7 and its non-violent half to 25.6, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 34 to 31.3.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Nouvelle-Beauce MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Isidore
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Isidore’s two halves part ways: 68.7 for violence (typical 85.7) and 25.6 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Isidore places 5th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Saint-Isidore’s index of 37.7 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 51% of Saint-Isidore’s crime, weighted by seriousness (68% of violent crime, 36% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Saint-Isidore: 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: #40 of 503 in Quebec and #249 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-Isidore’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 | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 17.7 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 44 | 1.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28 | 0.7 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 23% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 70 | 1.7 | 42% |
| Mischief | 59 | 1.5 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.2 | 96% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 76.3 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 40 | 1 | 15% |
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-Isidore comes 5th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 3 | Shuniah Ontario | 3,458 | 29.8 | 60 | A+ |
| 4 | Wellington New Brunswick | 3,458 | 34.5 | 31.3 | 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 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Quebec | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Piedmont Quebec | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | 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-Isidore in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 330 violent incidents a year across the police area of 41,100 residents that includes Saint-Isidore, 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 350 a year and other violations 230 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Saint-Isidore, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 47.7, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 31.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Isidore | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 47.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34 | 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-Isidore, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Isidore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Scott | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Sainte-Hénédine | 1,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
The places around Saint-Isidore all score higher on the index. 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
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- 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. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Isidore among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Isidore
Is Saint-Isidore safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Saint-Isidore scores 37.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.2 violent and 8.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Isidore?
Police record assault most, 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3.2) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.2).
Is crime going up in Saint-Isidore?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 31.3 from 34.
How much of Saint-Isidore’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 51% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 68% of violent and 36% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Isidore 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).