Photo: Grafcom . · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Jude has less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
The yearly rates were 9.7 violent incidents and 14.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 48.6 to 45.9. Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering Saint-Jude reported from 2023 to 2025. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 70.8 and 41.7.
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: one figure for all of the Maskoutains MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Jude
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Saint-Jude (67% violent, 38% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Jude scores 49.7. 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.
The grade: B+ for Saint-Jude
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Saint-Jude, type 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 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 0.6 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.06 | 51% |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.3 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 171.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 125.7 | 1.3 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 403 | 4.3 | 36% |
| Mischief | 165.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 84.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 135 | 1.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 216.3 | 2.3 | 11% |
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 people or more.
Around 910 violent incidents a year in the 94,500-resident police area around Saint-Jude, 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 1,310 a year and other violations 730 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Saint-Jude, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 54.6 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 45.9 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Jude | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 48.6 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Jude, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Saint-Jude
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu | 2,439 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Hugues | 1,414 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu | 1,880 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Saint-Jude. Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 11.9 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 37.1 to 49.7. 4 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Jude among them.
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Jude
Is Saint-Jude safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 49.7 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Saint-Jude stands, with 9.7 violent and 14 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Jude?
Police record assault most, 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (4.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.1).
Is crime going up in Saint-Jude?
The reverse: 48.6 in 2023 came down to 45.9 by 2025, 5% lower.
How much of Saint-Jude’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Jude 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).