Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSainte-Marie-Madeleine sees less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Sainte-Marie-Madeleine grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering Sainte-Marie-Madeleine reported from 2023 to 2025: #167 of 503 in Quebec. Its violent half comes to 70.8 and its non-violent half to 41.7, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The local count comes to 9.7 violent incidents and 14.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Measured across the Maskoutains MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 49% of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine comes 18th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Quebec’s towns
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, 49.7. 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.
The grade: B+ for Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
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: #167 of 503 in Quebec and #534 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-Marie-Madeleine’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 | 0.00 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 0.6 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.06 | 51% |
| Robbery | 18 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 20.3 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Breaking and entering | 171.7 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 125.7 | 1.3 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 41.7 | 0.4 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 403 | 4.3 | 36% |
| Mischief | 165.7 | 1.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 30.7 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 84.7 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 135 | 1.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 216.3 | 2.3 | 11% |
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.
About 910 violent incidents a year across the police area of 94,500 residents that includes Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, 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 1,310 a year and other violations 730 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine’s index fell 5% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 54.6; 2025 was the lightest, at 45.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.6 | 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-Marie-Madeleine, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is 18th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 6 | Scott Quebec | 2,938 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 8 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Quebec | 2,938 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Labelle Quebec | 2,861 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 16 | Markstay-Warren Ontario | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Saint-Bruno Quebec | 2,935 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Quebec | 2,940 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 19 | Springdale Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,893 | 49.9 | 56.6 | B+ |
| 20 | Dégelis Quebec | 2,943 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| 21 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | 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-Marie-Madeleine in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Saint-Damase | 2,390 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. Closest is Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 7.9 km away, at 37.1 to 49.7 here. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 3 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine among them.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Is Sainte-Marie-Madeleine safe?
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine scores 49.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 9.7 violent incidents and 14 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Marie-Madeleine?
Most often it is assault: 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 4.3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.1.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Marie-Madeleine?
It went down 5% between 2023 and 2025, from 48.6 to 45.9.
How much of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (67% of violent crime, 38% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sainte-Marie-Madeleine 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).