Photo: Benoit Rochon · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Sainte-Martine than in 63% of Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is C+, worked out from crime the police covering Sainte-Martine reported over 2023 to 2025: #382 of 503 in Quebec. In 2023 the index stood at 77.1; it fell to 72.8 in 2025. Behind the grade sit 23.9 violent incidents and 16.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 75.4 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5.
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: one figure for all of the Beauharnois-Salaberry MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Martine
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Sainte-Martine records 1.9 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 57% of crime in Sainte-Martine ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 72% of violent crime and 42% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 130.4 on Sainte-Martine’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 54.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Sainte-Martine scores 75.4. 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: C+ for Sainte-Martine
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: #382 of 503 in Quebec and #1,575 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.
Which crimes make up Sainte-Martine’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Sainte-Martine runs highest on drug offences (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (13.4 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.9). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 51 | 0.9 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 40.7 | 0.7 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 18.3 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 12.7 | 0.2 | 97% |
| Other violent violations | 24 | 0.4 | 78% |
| Breaking and entering | 146 | 2.5 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14 | 0.2 | 84% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 74 | 1.3 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 282 | 4.8 | 45% |
| Mischief | 157 | 2.7 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 26.3 | 0.4 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 216.7 | 3.7 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 37.7 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 109 | 1.9 | 93% |
| Impaired driving | 109 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 165.3 | 2.8 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Sainte-Martine comes 25th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 6 | Orford Quebec | 5,698 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Quebec | 6,099 | 70.1 | 128 | C+ |
| 23 | Shediac New Brunswick | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Armstrong British Columbia | 5,643 | 73.6 | 83.6 | C+ |
| 25 | Sainte-Martine Quebec | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 26 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| 27 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 28 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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-Martine in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Sainte-Martine, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 77.1, against a low of 72.8 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Martine | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 76.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 77.1 | 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-Martine, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 1,410 violent incidents a year in the 60,100-resident police area around Sainte-Martine, 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.
And about 980 property crimes, plus 730 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Martine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Martine | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Mercier | 16,036 | 35.9 | 60.1 | A |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 1,223 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | — | — | — |
| Beauharnois | 15,285 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois | 1,151 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
Sainte-Martine sits above 1 of the 2 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Mercier, 7.6 km away, at 35.9 to 75.4 here. Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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-Martine among them.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Martine
Is Sainte-Martine safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Sainte-Martine scores 75.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 23.9 violent and 16.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Martine?
Police record assault most, 13.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (5.1) and other Criminal Code offences (5.1).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Martine?
Down 6%: 77.1 in 2023, 72.8 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Martine’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 57% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 72% of violent and 42% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sainte-Martine 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).