Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Sainte-Julienne than in 63% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 54 over 2023–2025, against 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Sainte-Julienne reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B for safety: #218 of 503 in Quebec. Typical years here bring 11.3 violent incidents plus 12.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size. From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 53.5 then 56.1.
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 published for the Montcalm MRC, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Julienne
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Sainte-Julienne is 19th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 44% of Sainte-Julienne’s crime, weighted by seriousness (60% of violent crime, 29% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Sainte-Julienne scores 54. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Sainte-Julienne’s two halves part ways: 93.4 for violence (typical 89.4) and 38.7 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
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-Julienne’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: #218 of 503 in Quebec and #691 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-Julienne’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Sainte-Julienne runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). 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 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 67.3 | 0.9 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.3 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 11 | 0.1 | 36% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.3 | 0.1 | 97% |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Breaking and entering | 125 | 1.7 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 30.3 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 197.7 | 2.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 53 | 0.7 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 178.7 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Mischief | 116 | 1.6 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 200 | 2.7 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 39 | 0.5 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 112.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 114.3 | 1.6 | 13% |
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-Julienne, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (56.1); the lightest was 2024 (52.3). 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-Julienne | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 52.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 53.5 | 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-Julienne, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Sainte-Julienne is part of, 74,700 residents, recorded about 830 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.
Property crime adds about 910 a year and other violations 550 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Sainte-Julienne places 19th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Cantley Quebec | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Quebec | 12,427 | 32.2 | 50.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Carignan Quebec | 12,618 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Saint-Hippolyte Quebec | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Beaverton Ontario | 13,710 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 17 | Brighton Ontario | 12,900 | 46.9 | 65.6 | B+ |
| 18 | Stratford Prince Edward Island | 13,152 | 50 | 78.6 | B+ |
| 19 | Sainte-Julienne Quebec | 12,990 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 20 | View Royal British Columbia | 12,795 | 54.5 | 53.9 | B |
| 21 | Summerland British Columbia | 12,343 | 56.2 | 38.6 | B |
| 22 | Rawdon Quebec | 13,099 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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-Julienne in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Sainte-Julienne
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Rawdon | 13,099 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Calixte | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
5 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sainte-Julienne among them.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Julienne
Is Sainte-Julienne safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Sainte-Julienne comes to 54. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 11.3 violent incidents and 12.4 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Julienne?
The three biggest groups are assault at 5.7, Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 3.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Julienne?
Not much: the index went from 53.5 in 2023 to 56.1 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Julienne’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 44% of crime (60% of violent crime, 29% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Sainte-Julienne 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).