Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Mathieu records less crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. Of the two halves, violence comes to 59.8 and other offences to 34.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of A− follows from crime the police covering Saint-Mathieu reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #78 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, each year brought 9.7 violent incidents and 13.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Roussillon Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Mathieu
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Mathieu is 7th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Mathieu scores 41.6. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Mathieu’s police clear 45%, 66% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Questions ↓
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-Mathieu’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: #78 of 503 in Quebec and #319 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, 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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 20 | 0.2 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 25.7 | 0.2 | 98% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.1 | 67% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 18 | 0.1 | 93% |
| Other violent violations | 59.7 | 0.5 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 141 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 22 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 178 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 33.7 | 0.3 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 466 | 3.9 | 32% |
| Mischief | 177 | 1.5 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 0.1 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 255.7 | 2.1 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 52.3 | 0.4 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 86 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 159 | 1.3 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 198.7 | 1.6 | 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.
By its index, Saint-Mathieu stands 7th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 8 | Outlook Saskatchewan | 2,629 | 42 | 39.6 | A− |
| 9 | Sainte-Croix Quebec | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 10 | Waterville Quebec | 2,643 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Quebec | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Martin Quebec | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce Quebec | 2,575 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 16 | Hébertville Quebec | 2,588 | 49.6 | 81.8 | 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-Mathieu in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 1,170 violent incidents a year across the police area of 122,100 residents that includes Saint-Mathieu, 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 1,630 a year and other violations 840 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Saint-Mathieu, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 44.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 39.8 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Mathieu | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 44.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 40.8 | 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, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Mathieu
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Candiac | 24,920 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Delson | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Constant | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur | 1,907 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Saint-Mathieu. 4 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One service, several municipalities. Saint-Mathieu is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Saint-Mathieu
Is Saint-Mathieu safe?
Saint-Mathieu measures 41.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 13.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Mathieu?
Top of the list is fraud (4.9 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 4.4, and theft under $5,000, at 3.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Mathieu?
Barely: 40.8 in 2023, 39.8 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Mathieu’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 45% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 66% of violent and 31% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Mathieu 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).