Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Saint-René records less crime than 73% of Canadian towns
Year on year, 10.9 violent incidents and 10.6 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The Safety Grade comes out at B+, drawn from crime the police covering Saint-René reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence accounts for an index of 81.3 and other offences for 34.7, against usual levels of 86.4 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 published for the Beauce-Sartigan MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Saint-René
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-René’s police clear 64%, 82% of violent crime and 48% of the rest. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Saint-René’s index splits into violent crime, 81.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 34.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Saint-René’s index went from 50.7 in 2023 to 42 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Saint-René’s index of 47.7 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
The B+ for Saint-René, and how it is built
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.
In Saint-René, down 17% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 50.7, and 2025 the lightest at 42. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-René | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 50.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 50.7 | 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-René, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Saint-René is part of, 55,400 residents, recorded about 600 violent incidents a year (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 580 a year and other violations 500 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
What police record in Saint-René, by type
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 28.3 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 14.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.3 | 0.1 | 92% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.7 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Breaking and entering | 62.3 | 1.1 | 52% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 0.10 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30.7 | 0.6 | 34% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.2 | 33% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 124.7 | 2.3 | 46% |
| Mischief | 97.3 | 1.8 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 142 | 2.6 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 0.3 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 83.7 | 1.5 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 107.7 | 2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 95.7 | 1.7 | 24% |
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.
Crime in the places around Saint-René
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
6 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
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-René among them.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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-René
Is Saint-René safe?
Saint-René scores 47.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 10.9 violent incidents and 10.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Saint-René?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5, fraud at 4.2 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-René?
Down 17%: 50.7 in 2023, 42 in 2025.
How much of Saint-René’s crime do police solve?
About 64% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 82% of violent and 48% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-René 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).