Photo: Gene.arboit · CC BY-SA 3.0For recorded crime, Saint-Jean-de-Matha sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 87.6 for violence and 46 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Police counts work out at 10.8 violent incidents and 14.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Overall, Saint-Jean-de-Matha grades B for safety (#260 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, by 2025 the index had dropped to 53.7, down from 61.4 in 2023.
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 Matawinie MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Jean-de-Matha
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Jean-de-Matha comes 19th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 87.6 on Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 46 against 62.8. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 43% of crime in Saint-Jean-de-Matha ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 59% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Jean-de-Matha, 57.5. 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.
What’s behind Saint-Jean-de-Matha’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: #260 of 503 in Quebec and #863 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.
Which crimes make up Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Jean-de-Matha runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.9) and motor vehicle theft (3 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 44.3 | 0.8 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.09 | 75% |
| Robbery | 6.3 | 0.1 | 75% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5 | 0.09 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 16 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 131.3 | 2.3 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 46 | 0.8 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 174 | 3 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.3 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 144.7 | 2.5 | 23% |
| Mischief | 96.7 | 1.7 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 19.3 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 92 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 0.3 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 48 | 0.8 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 123 | 2.1 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 75 | 1.3 | 16% |
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-Jean-de-Matha, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 61.4 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 53.7. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Jean-de-Matha | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 61.4 | 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-de-Matha, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
58,800 residents, about 620 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Jean-de-Matha belongs to, 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 840 property crimes and 420 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Saint-Jean-de-Matha comes 19th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Boniface Quebec | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Wingham Ontario | 5,411 | 52.3 | 65.1 | B+ |
| 17 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| 18 | Carstairs Alberta | 5,248 | 54.8 | 78.3 | B |
| 19 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha Quebec | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 20 | Memramcook New Brunswick | 5,616 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| 21 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| 22 | Burton New Brunswick | 5,424 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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-de-Matha in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Saint-Jean-de-Matha
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Béatrix | 2,388 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie | 1,856 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Mélanie | 3,417 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare | 1,941 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
Same police, same number: 5 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Jean-de-Matha alone.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Is Saint-Jean-de-Matha safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s Crime Severity Index stands at 57.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.8 violent incidents and 14.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Top of the list is assault (5.4 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4, and motor vehicle theft, at 3, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Down 13%: 61.4 in 2023, 53.7 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 43% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 59% of violent crime and 32% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Jean-de-Matha 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).