Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Saint-Jean-Baptiste records less crime than 89% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 58.5 and other offences to 28.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. The grade is A, built on crime the police covering Saint-Jean-Baptiste reported from 2023 to 2025: #26 of 503 in Quebec. For every 1,000 residents, 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2.
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: the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Jean-Baptiste comes 4th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Under the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 37.1. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s police clear 46%, 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Down since 2023
Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s index went from 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
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-Jean-Baptiste’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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 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.
What police record in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, by type
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Jean-Baptiste places 4th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 2 | North Kawartha Ontario | 3,355 | 28.5 | 38.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Merrickville Ontario | 3,411 | 35.2 | 36.4 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 6 | North Algona Wilberforce Ontario | 3,290 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 8 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 9 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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-Jean-Baptiste in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s index dropped 15%
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 39.2, and its lowest 2025, at 33.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Jean-Baptiste | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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-Jean-Baptiste, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 1,900 violent incidents a year in the 222,500-resident police area around Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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 2,390 property crimes, plus 1,120 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Jean-Baptiste
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Marieville | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Saint-Damase | 2,390 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
The places around Saint-Jean-Baptiste all score higher on the index. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A wider service area. Saint-Jean-Baptiste is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Is Saint-Jean-Baptiste safe?
Its police recorded 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Jean-Baptiste a Crime Severity Index of 37.1. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Jean-Baptiste?
Top of the list is assault (4.1 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.5, and theft under $5,000, at 2.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Jean-Baptiste?
The reverse: 39.2 in 2023 came down to 33.2 by 2025, 15% lower.
How much of Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 46% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Jean-Baptiste and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).