Photo: Anna Frodesiak · Public domainSainte-Adèle has less crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. On the record of crime the police covering Sainte-Adèle reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B for safety: #182 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 12.1 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Violence accounts for an index of 71.6 and other offences for 46.7, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56.
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 Pays-d'en-Haut MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Adèle
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 45% of Sainte-Adèle’s crime, weighted by seriousness (69% of violent crime, 31% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Sainte-Adèle places 20th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Sainte-Adèle’s index of 53.5 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.
What’s behind Sainte-Adèle’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.
Sainte-Adèle’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Sainte-Adèle 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.
About 600 violent incidents a year across the police area of 50,300 residents that includes Sainte-Adèle, 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 830 property crimes and 540 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Sainte-Adèle’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 54.3, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 52.6. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Adèle | 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 Sainte-Adèle, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Sainte-Adèle is 20th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Mercier Quebec | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Pincourt Quebec | 15,220 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Bécancour Quebec | 14,943 | 46.5 | 64.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Quebec | 15,904 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 18 | High River Alberta | 15,508 | 50.5 | 56.6 | B+ |
| 19 | Durham Ontario | 14,355 | 51.9 | 63.2 | B+ |
| 20 | Sainte-Adèle Quebec | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 21 | Limoges Ontario | 15,122 | 53.9 | 62.3 | B |
| 22 | Mountain View County Alberta | 14,802 | 54.8 | 78.3 | B |
| 23 | Gaspé Quebec | 15,479 | 57.9 | 106.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Sainte-Adèle in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Sainte-Adèle
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Sauveur | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
Sainte-Adèle has the highest index of the places around it. Just 6.7 km away, Val-Morin comes to 48.8, against 53.5. Its police also cover 4 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sainte-Adèle among them.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Adèle
Is Sainte-Adèle safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Sainte-Adèle 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. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Adèle?
Top of the list is assault (6.1 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 5.3, and fraud, at 4.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Adèle?
Not much: the index went from 53.5 in 2023 to 52.6 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Adèle’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 Sainte-Adèle 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).