Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Sainte-Claire than in 85% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 73 and 26.8. Its Safety Grade is A, on crime the police covering Sainte-Claire reported from 2023 to 2025: #68 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 8.5 violent incidents and 9.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Neither of the two 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Bellechasse MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Claire
More crime solved
Police cleared 55% of Sainte-Claire’s crime, weighted by seriousness (72% of violent crime, 39% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Sainte-Claire’s two halves part ways: 73 for violence (typical 85.7) and 26.8 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Sainte-Claire comes 5th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Sainte-Claire stood at 34.9, by 2025 at 42.3. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Sainte-Claire: 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: #68 of 503 in Quebec and #294 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-Claire’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 | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 19 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.3 | 0.3 | 58% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.3 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.1 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 39.3 | 1 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Mischief | 58.3 | 1.5 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 47 | 1.2 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 68.7 | 1.7 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28 | 0.7 | 33% |
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.
Year by year in Sainte-Claire: up 21%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (42.3); the lightest was 2023 (34.9). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Claire | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 42 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 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-Claire, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Sainte-Claire places 5th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| 3 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 6 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 7 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 8 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 53 | 61.7 | B+ |
| 9 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Quebec | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 10 | Piedmont Quebec | 3,667 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 11 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 56.3 | 77.5 | B |
| 12 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez Quebec | 3,639 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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-Claire in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Sainte-Claire is part of, 39,600 residents, recorded about 340 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.
And about 350 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Claire
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Claire | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse | 1,330 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Sainte-Hénédine | 1,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Sainte-Marguerite | 1,297 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| Saint-Malachie | 1,755 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,235 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
The places around Sainte-Claire all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Sainte-Hénédine (8.3 km away), scores 37.7 against 39.7. The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Sainte-Claire shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Claire
Is Sainte-Claire safe?
Statistics Canada puts Sainte-Claire at 39.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 8.5 and property crimes at 9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Claire?
Police record assault most, 4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.8).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Claire?
It has: 34.9 in 2023 became 42.3 by 2025, a rise of 21%.
How much of Sainte-Claire’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 55%: 72% for violent crime and 39% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sainte-Claire 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).