Photo: Antho116 · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Sulpice records less crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Saint-Sulpice reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #46 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 7.5 violent incidents and 10.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 59 for violence and 31.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). By 2025 the index had dropped to 37.9, down from 43 in 2023.
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. Measured across the L'Assomption service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Sulpice
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Sulpice stands 3rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 39.2 in Saint-Sulpice. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 45% of Saint-Sulpice’s crime, weighted by seriousness (60% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Saint-Sulpice’s two halves part ways: 59 for violence (typical 85.7) and 31.5 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
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-Sulpice’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: #46 of 503 in Quebec and #262 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.
Saint-Sulpice’s crime by kind
Assault 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 | 13 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 26.7 | 0.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 44.7 | 1.6 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.3 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 82.3 | 2.9 | 30% |
| Mischief | 31 | 1.1 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 55% |
| Administration of justice violations | 39.7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 22.7 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Impaired driving | 81.7 | 2.9 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 32.7 | 1.2 | 21% |
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.
By its index, Saint-Sulpice stands 3rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Kingston New Brunswick | 3,577 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 3 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 6 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Piedmont Quebec | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 11 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 56.3 | 77.5 | B |
| 12 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez Quebec | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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-Sulpice in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Saint-Sulpice, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 43 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 36.6 in 2024. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Sulpice | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 36.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 43 | 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-Sulpice, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 210 violent incidents a year in the 28,800-resident police area around Saint-Sulpice, 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 300 property crimes and 220 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-Sulpice
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sulpice | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| L'Assomption | 25,126 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| Verchères | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Repentigny | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| L'Épiphanie | 9,254 | — | — | — |
| Contrecoeur | 10,708 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
Nearby, 3 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Saint-Sulpice. Closest is Verchères, 6.2 km away, at 37.1 to 39.2 here. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider service area. The service that polices Saint-Sulpice reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Saint-Sulpice
Is Saint-Sulpice safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 39.2 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Saint-Sulpice stands, with 7.5 violent and 10.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Sulpice?
Most often it is Criminal Code traffic offences: 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 3.4 and fraud at 3.3.
Is crime going up in Saint-Sulpice?
Down 12%: 43 in 2023, 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Sulpice’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 45%: 60% for violent crime and 35% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Sulpice together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).