Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Crime per resident in Saint-Pie runs lower than in 68% of Canadian towns
Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Saint-Pie grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering Saint-Pie reported from 2023 to 2025: #167 of 503 in Quebec. Add to that, in a usual year, 9.7 violent incidents and 14.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. Its violent half comes to 70.8 and its non-violent half to 41.7, where the norm is 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Maskoutains MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Pie
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in Saint-Pie ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 67% of violent crime and 38% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Pie stands 13th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 49.7 in Saint-Pie. 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.
What’s behind Saint-Pie’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: #167 of 503 in Quebec and #534 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-Pie’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Pie runs highest on drug offences (0.9 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 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 0.6 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.06 | 51% |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.3 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 171.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 125.7 | 1.3 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 403 | 4.3 | 36% |
| Mischief | 165.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 84.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 135 | 1.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 216.3 | 2.3 | 11% |
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-Pie comes 13th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| 11 | Lac-Mégantic Quebec | 5,947 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 12 | Val-David Quebec | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 15 | Amqui Quebec | 6,059 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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-Pie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
94,500 residents, about 910 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Pie belongs to, 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.
And about 1,310 property crimes, plus 730 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Year by year in Saint-Pie: down 5%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 54.6, with 2025 the lightest at 45.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Pie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.6 | 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-Pie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Pie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pie | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Dominique | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Damase | 2,390 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford | 2,891 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton | 2,267 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| Saint-Césaire | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
Saint-Pie sits above 1 of the 4 neighbours with figures of their own. Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, 10.7 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 45.3 to 49.7. 2 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
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Pie among them.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Saint-Pie
Is Saint-Pie safe?
Saint-Pie’s Crime Severity Index is 49.7 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.7 violent incidents and 14 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Pie?
Police record assault most, 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (4.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (4.1).
Is crime going up in Saint-Pie?
No: the index fell 5%, from 48.6 in 2023 to 45.9 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Pie’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Pie 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).