Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce than in 80% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 75.8 and other offences to 31.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. The typical town in Quebec scores 56.1 on the same index. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crime the police covering Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce reported through 2023 to 2025: #101 of 503 in Quebec. Police counts work out at 9.5 violent incidents and 10.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Robert-Cliche MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 62% of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s crime, weighted by seriousness (75% of violent crime, 48% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce stands 8th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s two halves part ways: 75.8 for violence (typical 85.7) and 31.6 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Down since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce moved from 49.8 to 40.7, while the typical Canadian town its size went 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.
Inside Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s A− 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: #101 of 503 in Quebec and #368 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-Joseph-de-Beauce’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 10.3 | 0.5 | 55% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7 | 0.4 | 76% |
| Breaking and entering | 25.3 | 1.3 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.7 | 0.7 | 36% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 1.9 | 42% |
| Mischief | 42.3 | 2.1 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Administration of justice violations | 56.7 | 2.9 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 15.7 | 0.8 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 48.3 | 2.4 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 19.3 | 1 | 38% |
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-Joseph-de-Beauce’s index fell 18% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 49.8, and its lowest 2025, at 40.7. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 41.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 49.8 | 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-Joseph-de-Beauce, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce comes 8th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 5,243 | 36.8 | 46.9 | A |
| 6 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 7 | Metchosin British Columbia | 5,207 | 40.7 | 41.3 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Boniface Quebec | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 10 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Quebec | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Cookshire-Eaton Quebec | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha Quebec | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Quebec | 5,242 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Oliver British Columbia | 5,262 | 132.5 | 95.2 | 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-Joseph-de-Beauce in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
20,000 residents, about 190 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 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 210 property crimes and 160 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-Joseph-de-Beauce
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Frédéric | 1,172 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Vallée-Jonction | 2,042 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saints-Anges | 1,364 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Tring-Jonction | 1,626 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Beauceville | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce has the highest index of the places around it. Just 8.4 km away, Vallée-Jonction comes to 37.7, against 44. The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce among them.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce scores 44 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.5 violent incidents and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Police record fraud most, 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (3.8) and assault (3.7).
Is crime going up in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Down 18%: 49.8 in 2023, 40.7 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 62% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 75% of violent crime and 48% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 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).