Photo: Geai bleu · CC BY 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Jacques than in 63% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-Jacques reported put it at B for safety: #218 of 503 in Quebec. Steady over the three years, the index read 53.5 in 2023 and 56.1 in 2025. The yearly rates were 11.3 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 54 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size.
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. Shared with the rest of the Montcalm MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Jacques
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Jacques stands 17th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 44% of Saint-Jacques’s crime, weighted by seriousness (60% of violent crime, 29% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 54 in Saint-Jacques. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Jacques’s two halves part ways: 93.4 for violence (typical 85.7) and 38.7 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Saint-Jacques: B 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: #218 of 503 in Quebec and #691 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-Jacques’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Jacques runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 67.3 | 0.9 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.3 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 11 | 0.1 | 36% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.3 | 0.1 | 97% |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Breaking and entering | 125 | 1.7 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 30.3 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 197.7 | 2.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 53 | 0.7 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 178.7 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Mischief | 116 | 1.6 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 200 | 2.7 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 39 | 0.5 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 112.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 114.3 | 1.6 | 13% |
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-Jacques, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 56.1, and 2024 lowest at 52.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Jacques | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 52.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.5 | 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-Jacques, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 830 violent incidents a year across the police area of 74,700 residents that includes Saint-Jacques, 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 910 property crimes and 550 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
By its index, Saint-Jacques stands 17th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 6 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo British Columbia | 5,016 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 15 | Edenwold No. 158 Saskatchewan | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 16 | Guysborough Nova Scotia | 4,721 | 52.9 | 57 | B+ |
| 17 | Saint-Jacques Quebec | 4,830 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 18 | Warwick Quebec | 4,939 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 19 | Hastings Highlands Ontario | 4,957 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
| 20 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,702 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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-Jacques in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Saint-Jacques
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
5 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Jacques among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Jacques
Is Saint-Jacques safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Saint-Jacques comes to 54. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 11.3 violent incidents and 12.4 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Jacques?
Most often it is assault: 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 3.5.
Is crime going up in Saint-Jacques?
Not much: the index went from 53.5 in 2023 to 56.1 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Jacques’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 44% of crime (60% of violent crime, 29% 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-Jacques 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).