Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Polycarpe than in 86% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 61.7 and other offences for 30.5, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Behind the grade sit 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-Polycarpe reported put it at A for safety: #53 of 503 in Quebec. Steady over the three years, the index read 39.8 in 2023 and 37.9 in 2025.
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 Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Polycarpe
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Polycarpe is 7th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Polycarpe scores 39.2. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 49% of Saint-Polycarpe’s crime, weighted by seriousness (69% of violent crime, 34% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Polycarpe’s two halves part ways: 61.7 for violence (typical 85.7) and 30.5 for the rest (typical 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-Polycarpe’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: #53 of 503 in Quebec and #279 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.
Saint-Polycarpe’s crime by kind
Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 60.3 | 0.4 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.04 | 67% |
| Robbery | 23 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 37 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 175 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 74 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 237.3 | 1.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 412.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 269.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Administration of justice violations | 262.7 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 58.7 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 78 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 271.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 294 | 1.7 | 14% |
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-Polycarpe comes 7th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 2,505 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Magrath Alberta | 2,566 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 6 | Anmore British Columbia | 2,508 | 38.4 | 34.2 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Polycarpe Quebec | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 9 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Ontario | 2,505 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska Quebec | 2,509 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 13 | Sainte-Croix Quebec | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 14 | Waterville Quebec | 2,643 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 15 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce Quebec | 2,575 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | 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-Polycarpe in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 1,430 violent incidents a year across the police area of 170,600 residents that includes Saint-Polycarpe, 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 1,760 a year and other violations 1,130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Saint-Polycarpe, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 39.9; 2025 was lightest, at 37.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Polycarpe | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.8 | 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-Polycarpe, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Polycarpe
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Rivière-Beaudette | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Clet | 1,784 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Sainte-Marthe | 1,065 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
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 cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Polycarpe among them.
Questions about safety in Saint-Polycarpe
Is Saint-Polycarpe safe?
Its police recorded 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Polycarpe a Crime Severity Index of 39.2. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Polycarpe?
Top of the list is assault (4.2 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4, and fraud, at 3, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Polycarpe?
The index stayed close to where it was, 39.8 in 2023 and 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Polycarpe’s crime do police solve?
About 49% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 69% of violent and 34% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Polycarpe 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).