Photo: Jérémie Sénéchal-Castonguay · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Sainte-Clotilde than in 85% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 80.3 and 131.9. Each year brought 12.3 violent incidents and 11.8 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). By contrast, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Sainte-Clotilde reported put it at C− for safety: #494 of 503 in Quebec. Its 3 neighbours with figures all record 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Jardins de Napierville MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Clotilde
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Sainte-Clotilde records 7.8 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 116.5 in Sainte-Clotilde. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Sainte-Clotilde scores 80.3 for violence and 131.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Sainte-Clotilde stands 33rd, the lowest first. 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.
Sainte-Clotilde: C− 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: #494 of 503 in Quebec and #2,227 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.
Crime in Sainte-Clotilde, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Sainte-Clotilde runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (5.8 per 1,000 against 0.03) and drug offences (7.8 per 1,000 against 0.7). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25 | 0.8 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Breaking and entering | 41 | 1.3 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12.3 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 48.7 | 1.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.7 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 73 | 2.3 | 30% |
| Mischief | 59.3 | 1.8 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 55.7 | 1.7 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 206 | 6.4 | 8% |
| Drug violations | 253 | 7.8 | 14% |
| Impaired driving | 67.7 | 2.1 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 40.7 | 1.3 | 15% |
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-Clotilde comes 33rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 9 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 10 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 103.6 | 169 | C− |
| 31 | Central Okanagan West British Columbia | 3,298 | 106.7 | 102.5 | C− |
| 32 | Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec | 3,389 | 110.6 | 223.3 | C− |
| 33 | Sainte-Clotilde Quebec | 3,297 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 34 | Pictou Nova Scotia | 3,307 | 126.6 | 152.7 | D |
| 35 | Gibbons Alberta | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| 36 | Arviat Nunavut | 3,330 | 200.8 | 319 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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-Clotilde in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Sainte-Clotilde’s index dropped 15%
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 162.2; 2025 was lightest, at 86.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Clotilde | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 162.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 101.1 | 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-Clotilde, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Sainte-Clotilde is part of, 32,600 residents, recorded about 400 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 380 property crimes, plus 1,800 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-Clotilde
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Clotilde | 3,297 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Chrysostome | 2,641 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Hemmingford | 2,206 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington | 1,996 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 1,223 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
1 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Sainte-Clotilde. Just 10.6 km away, Saint-Urbain-Premier comes to 75.4, against 116.5. 3 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Sainte-Clotilde alone.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Clotilde
Is Sainte-Clotilde safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Sainte-Clotilde’s Crime Severity Index stands at 116.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.3 violent incidents and 11.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Clotilde?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of drug offences (7.8) and assault (6.2).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Clotilde?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 101.1 to 86.1.
How much of Sainte-Clotilde’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 69% of violent crime and 30% of everything else, 38% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Sainte-Clotilde 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).