Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil runs lower than in 89% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 58.5 and 28.9. Counting crime the police covering Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #26 of 503 in Quebec. The yearly rates were 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area).
What stands out about safety in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil comes 5th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, 37.1. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’s police clear 46%, 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 39.2 in 2023 to 33.2 in 2025: that is Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. 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.
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil: A for safety, and why
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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, 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 | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 27% |
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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil places 5th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| 2 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| 3 | Admaston/Bromley Ontario | 3,086 | 33.5 | 57.5 | A |
| 4 | Cocagne New Brunswick | 2,982 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 8 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Quebec | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Quebec | 2,961 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Basile Quebec | 2,918 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (39.2); 2025 was the lightest, at 33.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 1,900 violent incidents a year in the 222,500-resident police area around Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, 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 2,390 property crimes and 1,120 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Amable | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
6 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A regional police service. The service that polices Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Is Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil safe?
With 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil comes to 37.1 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.1, fraud at 3.5 and theft under $5,000 at 2.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 39.2 to 33.2.
How much of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 32% of everything else, 46% 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 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).