Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Philippe than in 83% of Canadian towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 9.7 violent incidents and 13.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 40.8 then 39.8. It grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Saint-Philippe reported from 2023 to 2025: #78 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 59.8 and other offences to 34.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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 Roussillon Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Philippe
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Philippe comes 12th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Philippe, 41.6. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 45% of crime in Saint-Philippe ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 66% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. 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-Philippe’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.
Which crimes make up Saint-Philippe’s figures
Mischief 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.
Around 1,170 violent incidents a year in the 122,100-resident police area around Saint-Philippe, 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.
Saint-Philippe comes 12th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
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| 9 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 10 | Bayfield Ontario | 8,327 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 11 | Delson Quebec | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Philippe Quebec | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 13 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 14 | Coaticook Quebec | 9,027 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 15 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,810 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
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| 22 | Nicolet Quebec | 8,737 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
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| 27 | Brownsburg-Chatham Quebec | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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-Philippe in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Philippe, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 44.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 39.8 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Philippe | 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-Philippe, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Philippe
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Candiac | 24,920 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| La Prairie | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Delson | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Sainte-Catherine | 17,782 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Constant | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One service, several municipalities. The service that polices Saint-Philippe reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- 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.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Philippe
Is Saint-Philippe safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Philippe at 41.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.7 and property crimes at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Philippe?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (4.4) and theft under $5,000 (3.9).
Is crime going up in Saint-Philippe?
Barely: 40.8 in 2023, 39.8 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Philippe’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?
Those of the police serving Saint-Philippe 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).