Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Its police logs show 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. Weighing it all, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu earns B for safety (#278 of 503 in Quebec), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. By 2025 the index had dropped to 56.1, down from 60.6 in 2023. All 4 towns next door with figures record 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Pierre-De Saurel MRC.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu places 25th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 47% for Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu (65% violent, 35% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu’s index of 58.7 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.
Inside Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu’s B for safety
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: #278 of 503 in Quebec and #888 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-Roch-de-Richelieu, type by type
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 to 10,000 people.
Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 60.6, against a low of 56.1 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 59.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.6 | 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-Roch-de-Richelieu, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu is 25th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 6 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 7 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Quebec | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Dégelis Quebec | 2,943 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| 23 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| 24 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Quebec | 2,916 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 25 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu Quebec | 2,984 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 26 | Moosomin Saskatchewan | 2,906 | 68.2 | 62.3 | B− |
| 27 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 68.9 | 107.3 | C+ |
| 28 | Lac-des-Écorces Quebec | 3,005 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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-Roch-de-Richelieu in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu 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-Roch-de-Richelieu
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Ours | 1,817 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Contrecoeur | 10,708 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Lanoraie | 5,694 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu | 1,880 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu. Contrecoeur, 5.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 37.1 to 58.7. 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
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu shares it with its neighbours.
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
Is Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu safe?
The short answer is an index of 58.7 for Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu (2023–2025), built from 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu?
Police record assault most, 7.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (5.7) and theft under $5,000 (5.1).
Is crime going up in Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu?
Down 7%: 60.6 in 2023, 56.1 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 47% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 65% of violent crime and 35% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).