Photo: carte postale par Bernard J. Bogue, oblitérée en 1948 · Public domainCrime per resident in Saint-Sauveur runs lower than in 64% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 71.6 and other offences for 46.7, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Saint-Sauveur reported put it at B for safety: #182 of 503 in Quebec. Out of every 1,000 residents, 12.1 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 Pays-d'en-Haut MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Sauveur
A busy place, counted per resident
Tourists, seasonal staff and day visitors fill Saint-Sauveur, but Statistics Canada counts its rates per usual resident: every figure here is stretched by people who don’t live in it. How to read it ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Saint-Sauveur is 25th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 45% of crime in Saint-Sauveur ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Saint-Sauveur scores 53.5. 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.
What’s behind Saint-Sauveur’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: #182 of 503 in Quebec and #652 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Saint-Sauveur’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Sauveur runs highest on sexual assault (1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Mischief 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 | 19.7 | 0.4 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.3 | 0.3 | 85% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 101.7 | 2.1 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 105.3 | 2.1 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 223 | 4.5 | 28% |
| Mischief | 106 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 0.3 | 35% |
| Administration of justice violations | 194 | 3.9 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.7 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 38 | 0.8 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 138.3 | 2.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 101.7 | 2.1 | 16% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Saint-Sauveur comes 25th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Quebec | 12,427 | 32.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Carignan Quebec | 12,618 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 11 | Saint-Hippolyte Quebec | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Quebec | 12,154 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 23 | Mont-Tremblant Quebec | 11,879 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 24 | Blackfalds Alberta | 12,258 | 50.8 | 49.1 | B+ |
| 25 | Saint-Sauveur Quebec | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 26 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 27 | Summerland British Columbia | 12,343 | 56.2 | 38.6 | B |
| 28 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Clearwater County Alberta | 11,856 | 188.3 | 342.3 | 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-Sauveur in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Saint-Sauveur is part of, 50,300 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.
And about 830 property crimes, plus 540 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Saint-Sauveur, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 54.3, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 52.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Sauveur | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.6 | 60 |
| 2024 | 54.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 53.5 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Saint-Sauveur, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Saint-Sauveur
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sauveur | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Mille-Isles | 1,886 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
Saint-Sauveur sits above 1 of the 2 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 10.3 km away, Prévost comes to 38, against 53.5. The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Sauveur shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Saint-Sauveur
Is Saint-Sauveur safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Saint-Sauveur scores 53.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12.1 violent and 16.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Sauveur?
Police record assault most, 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (5.3) and fraud (4.9).
Is crime going up in Saint-Sauveur?
Not much: the index went from 53.5 in 2023 to 52.6 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Sauveur’s crime do police solve?
45%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 69% and non-violent crime at 31%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Sauveur 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).