Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Sainte-Catherine records less crime per resident than 83% of Canadian towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Year on year, 9.7 violent incidents and 13.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. A Safety Grade of A− follows from crime the police covering Sainte-Catherine reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #78 of 503 in Quebec. Violence accounts for an index of 59.8 and other offences for 34.6, 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Roussillon Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Catherine
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Sainte-Catherine stands 12th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 41.6 in Sainte-Catherine. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 45% of Sainte-Catherine’s crime, weighted by seriousness (66% of violent crime, 31% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
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-Catherine’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: #78 of 503 in Quebec and #319 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-Catherine’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 20 | 0.2 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 25.7 | 0.2 | 98% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.1 | 67% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 18 | 0.1 | 93% |
| Other violent violations | 59.7 | 0.5 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 141 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 22 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 178 | 1.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 33.7 | 0.3 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 466 | 3.9 | 32% |
| Mischief | 177 | 1.5 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 0.1 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 255.7 | 2.1 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 52.3 | 0.4 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 86 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 159 | 1.3 | 97% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 198.7 | 1.6 | 27% |
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.
122,100 residents, about 1,170 violent incidents a year: the police area Sainte-Catherine belongs to, 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.
And about 1,630 property crimes, plus 840 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
By its index, Sainte-Catherine stands 12th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 26.7 | 23.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Mercier Quebec | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| 8 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Basile-le-Grand Quebec | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 11 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 12 | Sainte-Catherine Quebec | 17,782 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 13 | Esquimalt British Columbia | 19,512 | 43 | 65.7 | A− |
| 14 | Winkler Manitoba | 16,156 | 45.7 | 56.3 | A− |
| 15 | Bracebridge Ontario | 18,676 | 46.7 | 69.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec | 17,876 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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-Catherine in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Sainte-Catherine’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 44.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 39.8 in 2025. 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-Catherine | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 44.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 40.8 | 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-Catherine, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Catherine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Catherine | 17,782 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Delson | 8,802 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Saint-Constant | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Candiac | 24,920 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| Sault-Saint-Louis | 47,270 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Desmarchais-Crawford | 18,505 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Ville-Émard | 13,826 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
The places around Sainte-Catherine all score higher on the index. 3 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
- 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.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
- A wider service area. Sainte-Catherine is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Catherine
Is Sainte-Catherine safe?
Police-reported crime in Sainte-Catherine scores 41.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.7 violent incidents and 13.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Catherine?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (4.4) and theft under $5,000 (3.9).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Catherine?
Barely: 40.8 in 2023, 39.8 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Catherine’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 45% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 66% of violent crime and 31% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sainte-Catherine 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).