Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Janvier-de-Joly sees less crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 72.9 for violence and 30.8 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). The Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Saint-Janvier-de-Joly reported through 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 10.3 violent incidents and 10.3 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, the index fell from 45.4 in 2023 to 40.2 in 2025.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Lotbinière MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 52% of crime in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 63% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 72.9 on Saint-Janvier-de-Joly’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 30.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly scores 42.6. 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: A− for Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
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-Janvier-de-Joly, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (45.4); 2025 was the lightest, at 40.2. Set beside it, 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-Janvier-de-Joly | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 45.4 | 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-Janvier-de-Joly, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 380 violent incidents a year in the 37,800-resident police area around Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, 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 380 property crimes, plus 190 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Which crimes make up Saint-Janvier-de-Joly’s figures
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 18 | 0.5 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 57 | 1.5 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.3 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 56.3 | 1.5 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 57 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Mischief | 81.3 | 2.2 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47.7 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 26 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 48 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 0.8 | 27% |
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.
Crime in the places around Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly | 1,204 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Flavien | 1,682 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Val-Alain | 1,084 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Lyster | 1,679 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | 1,295 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
The comparison skips 5 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “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-Janvier-de-Joly among them.
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly
Is Saint-Janvier-de-Joly safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Janvier-de-Joly at 42.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 10.3 and property crimes at 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly?
Most often it is assault: 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 2.7 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.5.
Is crime going up in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly?
The reverse: 45.4 in 2023 came down to 40.2 by 2025, 11% lower.
How much of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 52% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 63% of violent and 41% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Janvier-de-Joly 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).