Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Michel than in 85% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 80.3 and its non-violent half to 131.9, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Graded on crime the police covering Saint-Michel reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #494 of 503 in Quebec. Violence and property crime split as 12.3 violent incidents and 11.8 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. Measured across the Jardins de Napierville MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Michel
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Saint-Michel records 7.8 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Saint-Michel’s index of 116.5 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Saint-Michel scores 80.3 for violence and 131.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Michel places 34th 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.
Inside Saint-Michel’s C− for safety
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: #494 of 503 in Quebec and #2,227 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.
Crime in Saint-Michel, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Michel runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (5.8 per 1,000 against 0.03) and drug offences (7.8 per 1,000 against 0.7). Mischief 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 | 25 | 0.8 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Breaking and entering | 41 | 1.3 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 48.7 | 1.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.7 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 73 | 2.3 | 30% |
| Mischief | 59.3 | 1.8 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 55.7 | 1.7 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 206 | 6.4 | 8% |
| Drug violations | 253 | 7.8 | 14% |
| Impaired driving | 67.7 | 2.1 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 40.7 | 1.3 | 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.
By its index, Saint-Michel stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 6 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Lake Cowichan British Columbia | 3,757 | 94.9 | 158.7 | C− |
| 32 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part Ontario | 3,606 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| 33 | Flagstaff County Alberta | 3,724 | 104.5 | 69.4 | C− |
| 34 | Saint-Michel Quebec | 3,672 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 35 | Two Hills County No. 21 Alberta | 3,626 | 119.1 | 74.4 | C− |
| 36 | Alnwick New Brunswick | 3,767 | 124.8 | 183 | D |
| 37 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 3,643 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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-Michel in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Michel’s index fell 15% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (162.2) and 2025 the trough (86.1). For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Michel | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 162.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 101.1 | 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-Michel, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 400 violent incidents a year across the police area of 32,600 residents that includes Saint-Michel, 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 380 a year and other violations 1,800 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Michel
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Rémi | 9,557 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington | 1,996 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | — | — | — |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Saint-Michel. Closest is Saint-Mathieu, 9.5 km away, at 41.6 to 116.5 here. 3 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
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Michel among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Michel
Is Saint-Michel safe?
Police-reported crime in Saint-Michel scores 116.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.3 violent incidents and 11.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Michel?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of drug offences (7.8) and assault (6.2).
Is crime going up in Saint-Michel?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 101.1 to 86.1.
How much of Saint-Michel’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 38% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 69% of violent and 30% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Michel 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).