Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon records less crime per resident than 88% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 68.7 and 25.6. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 34 in 2023 to 31.3 by 2025. Counting crime the police covering Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #40 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 8.2 violent incidents and 8.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 for the Nouvelle-Beauce MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Violence weighs more than the rest
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon scores 68.7 for violence and 25.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon’s index of 37.7 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 51% for Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (68% violent, 36% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon places 7th from the lowest 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.
The grade: A for Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
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: #40 of 503 in Quebec and #249 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.
Crime in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, type by type
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 17.7 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 44 | 1.1 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28 | 0.7 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 23% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 70 | 1.7 | 42% |
| Mischief | 59 | 1.5 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.2 | 96% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 1.3 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 76.3 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 40 | 1 | 15% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon places 7th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Chesley Ontario | 7,639 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 5 | Augusta Ontario | 7,767 | 34 | 40.2 | A |
| 6 | Niverville Manitoba | 7,277 | 36.3 | 55.5 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 8 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 9 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| 10 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Donnacona Quebec | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| 14 | 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-Lambert-de-Lauzon in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon is part of, 41,100 residents, recorded about 330 violent incidents a year (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 350 property crimes and 230 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-Lambert-de-Lauzon, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 47.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 31.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 47.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34 | 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-Lambert-de-Lauzon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| Scott | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon. The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon alone.
Questions about safety in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Is Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon safe?
The short answer is an index of 37.7 for Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon (2023–2025), built from 8.2 violent incidents and 8.8 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. 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-Lambert-de-Lauzon?
The three biggest groups are assault at 3.9, fraud at 3.2 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon?
It went down 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 34 to 31.3.
How much of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 68% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 51% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 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).