Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Sainte-Marthe sees less crime per resident than 86% of Canadian towns
Scored on crime the police covering Sainte-Marthe reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A for safety. Of the two halves, violence comes to 61.7 and other offences to 30.5, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Typical years here bring 8.4 violent incidents plus 10.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC).
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Marthe
Under the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 39.2 in Sainte-Marthe. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 49% of Sainte-Marthe’s crime, weighted by seriousness (69% of violent crime, 34% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Sainte-Marthe’s two halves part ways: 61.7 for violence (typical 86.4) and 30.5 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-Marthe’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.
170,600 residents, about 1,430 violent incidents a year: the police area Sainte-Marthe belongs to, 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 1,760 property crimes and 1,130 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Sainte-Marthe’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 39.9, with 2025 the lightest at 37.9. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Marthe | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 39.8 | 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-Marthe, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Sainte-Marthe’s crime by kind
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 60.3 | 0.4 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.04 | 67% |
| Robbery | 23 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 37 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 175 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 74 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 237.3 | 1.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 412.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 269.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Administration of justice violations | 262.7 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 58.7 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 78 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 271.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 294 | 1.7 | 14% |
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.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Marthe
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marthe | 1,065 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Clet | 1,784 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur | 1,163 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Sainte-Marthe 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-Marthe
Is Sainte-Marthe safe?
Sainte-Marthe scores 39.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Marthe?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.2, Criminal Code traffic offences at 4 and fraud at 3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Marthe?
Hardly at all, from 39.8 in 2023 to 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Marthe’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 49% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 69% of violent crime and 34% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sainte-Marthe 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).