Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Prosper than in 95% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 48.9 and other offences for 23.9, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Saint-Prosper reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #10 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 7.4 violent incidents and 8.1 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. None of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Etchemins MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Prosper
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 59% for Saint-Prosper (79% violent, 43% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Prosper scores 30.8. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Prosper is 2nd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Saint-Prosper moved from 33.3 to 28, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Saint-Prosper’s A+
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: #10 of 503 in Quebec and #110 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-Prosper, type by type
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.3 | 1.3 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 0.7 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24.3 | 1.4 | 41% |
| Mischief | 19.3 | 1.1 | 41% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 0.9 | 86% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 13.3 | 0.8 | 25% |
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-Prosper comes 2nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 3 | Lake of Bays Ontario | 4,105 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 4 | Forty Mile County No. 8 Alberta | 3,927 | 34.4 | 26.6 | A |
| 5 | Morris-Turnberry Ontario | 4,028 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Carleton-sur-Mer Quebec | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 13 | New Richmond Quebec | 3,947 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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-Prosper in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Prosper’s index fell 16% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (33.3); the low point came in 2025, at 28. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Prosper | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 31.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 33.3 | 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-Prosper, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 130 violent incidents a year in the 17,700-resident police area around Saint-Prosper, 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 140 a year and other violations 79 (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-Prosper
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prosper | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Benjamin | 1,267 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Zacharie | 1,674 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Saint-Prosper. 2 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Prosper among them.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Saint-Prosper
Is Saint-Prosper safe?
Statistics Canada puts Saint-Prosper at 30.8 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 7.4 and property crimes at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Prosper?
The three biggest groups are assault at 3.1, fraud at 2.9 and other Criminal Code offences at 2.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Prosper?
Down 16%: 33.3 in 2023, 28 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Prosper’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 59% of crime (79% of violent crime, 43% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Prosper 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).