Photo: Mario Roy · CC BY 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Sainte-Justine than in 95% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is A+, on crime the police covering Sainte-Justine reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 7.4 violent incidents and 8.1 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Split in two, the index gives 48.9 for violence and 23.9 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8).
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Etchemins MRC).
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Justine
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 59% of Sainte-Justine’s crime, weighted by seriousness (79% of violent crime, 43% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Sainte-Justine scores 30.8. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Sainte-Justine’s index went from 33.3 in 2023 to 28 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Sainte-Justine’s two halves part ways: 48.9 for violence (typical 86.4) and 23.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). 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-Justine’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Sainte-Justine’s crime by kind
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.3 | 1.3 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 0.7 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24.3 | 1.4 | 41% |
| Mischief | 19.3 | 1.1 | 41% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 0.9 | 86% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 13.3 | 0.8 | 25% |
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 people or more.
In Sainte-Justine, down 16% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 33.3 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 28 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Justine | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 31.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 33.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Sainte-Justine, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 130 violent incidents a year across the police area of 17,700 residents that includes Sainte-Justine, 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 140 a year and other violations 79 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Justine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Justine | 1,822 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Lac-Etchemin (11 km) | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon (23 km) | 1,033 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne (24 km) | 1,460 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| Saint-Prosper (24 km) | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| Saint-Benjamin (26 km) | 1,267 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
The places around Sainte-Justine all score higher on the index. The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Sainte-Justine with figures are 11–26 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sainte-Justine among them.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Justine
Is Sainte-Justine safe?
Police-reported crime in Sainte-Justine scores 30.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 7.4 violent incidents and 8.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Justine?
Police record assault most, 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (2.9) and other Criminal Code offences (2.1).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Justine?
No: the index fell 16%, from 33.3 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Justine’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 59% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 79% of violent crime and 43% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Sainte-Justine 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).