Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Saint-Jérôme than in 65% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 83.7; it fell to 69.9 in 2025. A Safety Grade of C+ follows from crime the police covering Saint-Jérôme reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #394 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 19.4 violent incidents and 20.4 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Its 6 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Jérôme
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Saint-Jérôme records 2 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Saint-Jérôme ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 45% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Jérôme scores 77.6. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 129.6 on Saint-Jérôme’s index against 75.2 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 57.4 against 54.2. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Saint-Jérôme’s C+ for safety
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: #394 of 503 in Quebec and #1,604 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Which crimes make up Saint-Jérôme’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Jérôme runs highest on sexual assault (2 per 1,000 against 0.8), drug offences (2 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (9.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 38.7 | 0.5 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 32 | 0.4 | 98% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.3 | 0.09 | 78% |
| Robbery | 41 | 0.5 | 73% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 17.7 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Other violent violations | 30.7 | 0.4 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 195.7 | 2.3 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 200 | 2.4 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 36.3 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 628.7 | 7.5 | 38% |
| Mischief | 246.7 | 2.9 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 23.3 | 0.3 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 685.7 | 8.2 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 61.3 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 164.3 | 2 | 73% |
| Impaired driving | 134 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 103.7 | 1.2 | 29% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Saint-Jérôme, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (83.7); 2025 was the lightest, at 69.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Jérôme | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 79 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 83.7 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Jérôme, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Jérôme comes 24th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 11 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Peterborough Ontario | 97,834 | 71.7 | 89.4 | C+ |
| 22 | Drummondville Quebec | 85,560 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 23 | Belleville Ontario | 62,914 | 76.8 | 94.1 | C+ |
| 24 | Saint-Jérôme Quebec | 85,160 | 77.6 | 129.6 | C+ |
| 25 | Sarnia Ontario | 80,539 | 79.4 | 105.1 | C |
| 26 | Saint John New Brunswick | 79,371 | 81.5 | 114.2 | C |
| 27 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 66,624 | 81.6 | 62.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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-Jérôme in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 1,630 violent incidents a year reached Saint-Jérôme’s police, 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 1,710 property crimes and 1,250 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Jérôme
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | 77.6 | 129.6 | C+ |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Saint-Colomban | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Saint-Jérôme. Closest is Sainte-Sophie, 7.2 km away, at 38 to 77.6 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Jérôme
Is Saint-Jérôme safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Jérôme scores 77.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 19.4 violent incidents and 20.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Jérôme?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (9.2) and theft under $5,000 (7.5).
Is crime going up in Saint-Jérôme?
It went down 17% between 2023 and 2025, from 83.7 to 69.9.
How much of Saint-Jérôme’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 56% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 69% of violent and 45% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Saint-Jérôme alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).