Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Saint-Urbain-Premier than in 63% of Canadian towns
Among its 4 neighbours with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Still, the Safety Grade comes out at C+, drawn from crime the police covering Saint-Urbain-Premier reported through 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 23.9 violent incidents and 16.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. A Crime Severity Index of 75.4, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for 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. Shared with the rest of the Beauharnois-Salaberry MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Urbain-Premier
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 57% of Saint-Urbain-Premier’s crime, weighted by seriousness (72% of violent crime, 42% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Assault: high for a town its size
Saint-Urbain-Premier records 13.4 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Saint-Urbain-Premier’s two halves part ways: 130.4 for violence (typical 86.4) and 54.1 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Saint-Urbain-Premier’s index of 75.4 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 grade: C+ for Saint-Urbain-Premier
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-Urbain-Premier’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Urbain-Premier runs highest on assault (13.4 per 1,000 against 6.7). Fraud 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 | 51 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 40.7 | 0.7 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 18.3 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 12.7 | 0.2 | 97% |
| Other violent violations | 24 | 0.4 | 78% |
| Breaking and entering | 146 | 2.5 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14 | 0.2 | 84% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 74 | 1.3 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 282 | 4.8 | 45% |
| Mischief | 157 | 2.7 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 26.3 | 0.4 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 216.7 | 3.7 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 37.7 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 109 | 1.9 | 93% |
| Impaired driving | 109 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 165.3 | 2.8 | 14% |
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.
In Saint-Urbain-Premier, down 6% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 77.1, and 2025 the lightest at 72.8. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Urbain-Premier | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 76.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 77.1 | 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-Urbain-Premier, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Saint-Urbain-Premier is part of, 60,100 residents, recorded about 1,410 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 980 property crimes and 730 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-Urbain-Premier
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Sainte-Martine | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | — | — | — |
| Saint-Rémi | 9,557 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Mercier | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 1,223 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Sainte-Clotilde | 3,297 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
Nearby, 1 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Saint-Urbain-Premier. Mercier, 10 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 35.9 to 75.4. 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
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Saint-Urbain-Premier alone.
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Saint-Urbain-Premier
Is Saint-Urbain-Premier safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Saint-Urbain-Premier’s Crime Severity Index stands at 75.4 for 2023–2025. Its police record 23.9 violent incidents and 16.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Urbain-Premier?
Assault is the most common, at 13.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (5.1) and other Criminal Code offences (5.1).
Is crime going up in Saint-Urbain-Premier?
No: the index fell 6%, from 77.1 in 2023 to 72.8 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Urbain-Premier’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 57% of crime (72% of violent crime, 42% 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-Urbain-Premier 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).