Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crime in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. The index rose from 53.3 in 2023 to 60.7 in 2025. Its letter overall is B (#257 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 12.4 violent incidents and 13.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Nicolet-Yamaska MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 52% for Saint-Léonard-d'Aston (67% violent, 40% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Léonard-d'Aston stands 18th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Saint-Léonard-d'Aston scores 87.6 for violence and 44.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 56.5 in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston. 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-Léonard-d'Aston
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: #257 of 503 in Quebec and #765 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-Léonard-d'Aston, type by type
Break and enter 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 | 21.7 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Breaking and entering | 47 | 2 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 35 | 1.5 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 86 | 3.6 | 33% |
| Mischief | 43.7 | 1.8 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 61.3 | 2.6 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 34.3 | 1.4 | 50% |
| Impaired driving | 48.7 | 2 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 27.3 | 1.1 | 23% |
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-Léonard-d'Aston, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 60.7, with 2023 the lightest at 53.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 55.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 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-Léonard-d'Aston, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Saint-Léonard-d'Aston is part of, 24,000 residents, recorded about 300 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 330 property crimes and 200 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-Léonard-d'Aston is 18th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 5 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 6 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Sainte-Croix Quebec | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | La Présentation Quebec | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 16 | Rosetown Saskatchewan | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
| 17 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 18 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston Quebec | 2,662 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 19 | Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,599 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 20 | Saint-Alexandre Quebec | 2,685 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 21 | Division No. 7, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,632 | 64.2 | 58.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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-Léonard-d'Aston in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | 2,662 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Wenceslas | 1,202 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 1,056 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil | 1,950 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton | 1,647 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
1 of the 2 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Saint-Léonard-d'Aston. Closest is Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, 18.4 km away, at 55 to 56.5 here. Same police, same number: 2 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston among them.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
Is Saint-Léonard-d'Aston safe?
With 12.4 violent incidents and 13.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston comes to 56.5 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-Léonard-d'Aston?
Police record assault most, 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (4.1) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.6).
Is crime going up in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston?
It has: 53.3 in 2023 became 60.7 by 2025, a rise of 14%.
How much of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 52% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 67% of violent and 40% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Léonard-d'Aston 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).