Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Sainte-Julie runs lower than in 89% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 58.5 and its non-violent half to 28.9, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. Per 1,000 residents a year, 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Measured on crime the police covering Sainte-Julie reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #26 of 503 in Quebec. 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Richelieu Saint-Laurent service area.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Julie
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Sainte-Julie is 5th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Sainte-Julie scores 37.1. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Sainte-Julie’s police clear 46%, 65% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Sainte-Julie stood at 39.2, by 2025 at 33.2. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. 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-Julie: 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: #26 of 503 in Quebec and #227 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.
What police record in Sainte-Julie, 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 | 1.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 49.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 56.3 | 0.3 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.03 | 70% |
| Robbery | 41.3 | 0.2 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 22.3 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 49.7 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Breaking and entering | 264.3 | 1.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 41.7 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 294 | 1.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 606 | 2.7 | 33% |
| Mischief | 283.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.10 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 350.7 | 1.6 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 49 | 0.2 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 125.7 | 0.6 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 258.7 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 194.3 | 0.9 | 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.
Sainte-Julie is 5th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergus Ontario | 34,565 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Picton Ontario | 27,544 | 35.5 | 50.9 | A |
| 3 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 37 | 46.8 | A |
| 4 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Rockland Ontario | 30,375 | 38.2 | 56.7 | A |
| 7 | Strathroy Ontario | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| 8 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 9 | La Prairie Quebec | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 10 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Georges Quebec | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 15 | Sainte-Thérèse Quebec | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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-Julie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Sainte-Julie: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 39.2; the lightest was 2025, at 33.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Julie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 38.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 39.2 | 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-Julie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 1,900 violent incidents a year across the police area of 222,500 residents that includes Sainte-Julie, 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 2,390 property crimes and 1,120 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-Julie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | 26,786 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Amable | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Boucherville | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Sainte-Julie. 4 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared policing. Sainte-Julie is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Sainte-Julie
Is Sainte-Julie safe?
Against a typical 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Sainte-Julie’s Crime Severity Index stands at 37.1 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8.6 violent incidents and 10.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Julie?
Assault is the most common, at 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3.5) and theft under $5,000 (2.7).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Julie?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 15%, to 33.2 from 39.2.
How much of Sainte-Julie’s crime do police solve?
About 46% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 65% of violent and 32% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sainte-Julie 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).