Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac records less crime than 95% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 56.8 and other offences to 20.7, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Graded on crime the police covering Saint-Joseph-du-Lac reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A+ for safety: #10 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 8.7 violent incidents and 6.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Lac des Deux-Montagnes service area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s police clear 57%, 72% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, 30.8. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s index splits into violent crime, 56.8 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 20.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac comes 5th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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-Joseph-du-Lac’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: #10 of 503 in Quebec and #110 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-Joseph-du-Lac, by type
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 | 16.3 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 5 | 0.09 | 66% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.10 | 89% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 33.7 | 0.6 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 0.1 | 48% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 46.3 | 0.9 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 91.3 | 1.7 | 36% |
| Mischief | 53.7 | 1 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.09 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 69.7 | 1.3 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 0.1 | 63% |
| Drug violations | 39.3 | 0.7 | 89% |
| Impaired driving | 61 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 50.7 | 0.9 | 24% |
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.
By its index, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac stands 5th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 3 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Colborne Ontario | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 6 | Chesley Ontario | 7,639 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 7 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 8 | Niverville Manitoba | 7,277 | 36.3 | 55.5 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 10 | Les Cèdres Quebec | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 11 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | 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-du-Lac in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 470 violent incidents a year in the 54,300-resident police area around Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, 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.
Property crime adds about 370 a year and other violations 260 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, up 7% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 31.7; 2023 was lightest, at 29.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 31.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 29.4 | 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-Joseph-du-Lac, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Pointe-Calumet | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Oka | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Deux-Montagnes | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Saint-Joseph-du-Lac. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared policing. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac included.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
Is Saint-Joseph-du-Lac safe?
With 8.7 violent incidents and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac comes to 30.8 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?
Police record assault most, 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (2.4) and fraud (2.3).
Is crime going up in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?
It went up 7% between 2023 and 2025, from 29.4 to 31.3.
How much of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 72% of violent crime and 41% of everything else, 57% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Joseph-du-Lac and everywhere else it polices.
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).