Photo: Ataboy75 · Public domainRecorded crime in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel is close to typical for Canadian towns
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel grades B for safety overall (#278 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, its two neighbours with figures both record less crime per resident. In 2023 the index stood at 60.6; it fell to 56.1 in 2025. Annual rates stand at 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Pierre-De Saurel MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel stands 14th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s police clear 47%, 65% of violent crime and 35% of the rest. Questions ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 58.7 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel. 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 sits behind Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s B
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.
What police record in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, 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.
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 60.6, and 2025 the lightest at 56.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 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 Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel comes 14th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 12 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 13 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 14 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 15 | Lacolle Quebec | 2,806 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 16 | Sainte-Luce Quebec | 2,808 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
| 17 | Atikokan Ontario | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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-Anne-de-Sorel in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 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 Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | 2,170 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | 1,602 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| Berthierville | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel. Closest is Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, 6 km away, at 58 to 58.7 here. 4 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
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel among them.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
Is Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel safe?
Its police recorded 14.2 violent incidents and 16.9 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel a Crime Severity Index of 58.7. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel?
Most often it is assault: 7.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 5.7 and theft under $5,000 at 5.1.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 7%, to 56.1 from 60.6.
How much of Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 47% of crime (65% of violent crime, 35% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 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).