Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval than in 97% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A+ for safety: #1 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 46.7 and other offences for 21.1, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Annual rates stand at 6.8 violent incidents and 8.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. None of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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: one figure for all of the Jacques-Cartier MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Under the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, 28.2. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval comes 2nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Police cleared 48% of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s crime, weighted by seriousness (69% of violent crime, 30% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s two halves part ways: 46.7 for violence (typical 85.7) and 21.1 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.
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval: A+ for safety, and why
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: #1 of 503 in Quebec and #72 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.
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s crime by kind
Break and enter 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 | 28.3 | 0.6 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.3 | 0.1 | 81% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.7 | 0.2 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 37 | 0.7 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 49.7 | 1 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12 | 0.2 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 98 | 1.9 | 19% |
| Mischief | 68.3 | 1.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 41.3 | 0.8 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.1 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 19.3 | 0.4 | 19% |
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-Brigitte-de-Laval is 2nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 3 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 28.8 | 34.8 | A+ |
| 4 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 5 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Chelsea Quebec | 8,998 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 7 | Otterburn Park Quebec | 9,460 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 8 | Delson Quebec | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Philippe Quebec | 8,674 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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-Brigitte-de-Laval in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 350 violent incidents a year across the police area of 51,700 residents that includes Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, 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.
Property crime adds about 450 a year and other violations 150 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s index dropped 8%
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 29.2, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 26.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 29.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 28.9 | 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-Brigitte-de-Laval, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | 9,084 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | 17,558 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | 10,147 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. Its police also cover 2 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
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval alone.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Is Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval safe?
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval scores 28.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 6.8 violent incidents and 8.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
Top of the list is fraud (3.3 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 3, and theft under $5,000, at 1.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
No: the index fell 8%, from 28.9 in 2023 to 26.6 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 48%: 69% for violent crime and 30% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval 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).