Photo: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec · Public domainRecorded crime in Saint-Robert is close to typical for Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 60.6; it fell to 56.1 in 2025. Its violent half comes to 84.9 and its non-violent half to 48.7, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Saint-Robert’s overall Safety Grade is B: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Pierre-De Saurel MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Robert
More crime solved
Police cleared 47% of Saint-Robert’s crime, weighted by seriousness (65% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Robert, 58.7. 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.
Saint-Robert: B for safety, and why
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.
Saint-Robert’s crime by kind
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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 32.3 | 0.6 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11 | 0.2 | 82% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Breaking and entering | 111.3 | 2.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 76.7 | 1.4 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 21 | 0.4 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 272 | 5.1 | 35% |
| Mischief | 149.7 | 2.8 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 10 | 0.2 | 77% |
| Administration of justice violations | 261.3 | 4.9 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19 | 0.4 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 85.3 | 1.6 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 88.7 | 1.7 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 126.7 | 2.4 | 12% |
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.
Saint-Robert, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (60.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 56.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Robert | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 59.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 60.6 | 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-Robert, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Saint-Robert is part of, 54,100 residents, recorded about 760 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.
Add about 900 property crimes and 620 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saint-Robert
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Yamaska | 1,815 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | 1,602 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | 2,170 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
Same police, same number: 5 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Robert shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Saint-Robert
Is Saint-Robert safe?
Its police recorded 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Saint-Robert a Crime Severity Index of 58.7. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Robert?
The three biggest groups are assault at 7.4, other Criminal Code offences at 5.7 and theft under $5,000 at 5.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saint-Robert?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 7%, to 56.1 from 60.6.
How much of Saint-Robert’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 47% of crime (65% of violent crime, 35% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Saint-Robert 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).