Photo: Laceoflight Louis-Philippe Rousselle-Brosseau · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Saint-Placide runs higher than in 70% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 129.3 and other offences to 65.3, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Next door, 3 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Measured on crime the police covering Saint-Placide reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C. Annual rates stand at 13.5 violent incidents and 20.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Deux-Montagnes MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Placide
Above Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 83 in Saint-Placide. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 46% of crime in Saint-Placide ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 66% of violent crime and 29% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 129.3 on Saint-Placide’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 65.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
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-Placide’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Saint-Placide’s figures
Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 12.3 | 1.6 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 17.3 | 2.2 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 2.6 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 4.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 31.3 | 4 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 13.7 | 1.7 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 1.7 | 20% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 0.8 | 38% |
| Impaired driving | 11 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 21.3 | 2.7 | 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 people or more.
Around 110 violent incidents a year in the 7,940-resident police area around Saint-Placide, 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 160 a year and other violations 86 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Saint-Placide, up 6% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (85.2) and 2023 least (80.5). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Placide | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 83.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 80.5 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Placide, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Saint-Placide
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Oka | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Saint-Placide. Rigaud, 8.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 39.2 to 83. 2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Placide among them.
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.
- 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-Placide
Is Saint-Placide safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 83 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Saint-Placide stands, with 13.5 violent and 20.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Placide?
Most often it is assault: 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.8 and theft under $5,000 at 4.8.
Is crime going up in Saint-Placide?
Up 6%: 80.5 in 2023, 85.2 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Placide’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 46%: 66% for violent crime and 29% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Placide and everywhere else it polices.
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).