Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Sainte-Sophie has less crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 60.1 and 29.5. Its 4 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident. On top of that, on crime the police covering Sainte-Sophie reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #46 of 503 in Quebec. Each year brought 8.9 violent incidents and 10.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 30.5 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Rivière-du-Nord MRC.
What stands out about safety in Sainte-Sophie
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Sainte-Sophie’s index of 38 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Sainte-Sophie places 11th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Sainte-Sophie’s police clear 48%, 69% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Questions ↓
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-Sophie’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: #46 of 503 in Quebec and #262 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.
What police record in Sainte-Sophie, by type
Mischief 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 | 22.3 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 12 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.7 | 1.3 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73.3 | 1.6 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26.7 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 112 | 2.5 | 25% |
| Mischief | 48.3 | 1.1 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 84 | 1.8 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 0.3 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 60.7 | 1.3 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 41.3 | 0.9 | 31% |
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.
Around 410 violent incidents a year in the 46,300-resident police area around Sainte-Sophie, 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 480 property crimes and 250 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Sainte-Sophie places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Loyalist Ontario | 19,761 | 35.7 | 52.3 | A |
| 9 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Kemptville Ontario | 19,733 | 37.9 | 52.9 | A |
| 11 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Esquimalt British Columbia | 19,512 | 43 | 65.7 | A− |
| 14 | Bracebridge Ontario | 18,676 | 46.7 | 69.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Rivière-du-Loup Quebec | 20,650 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| 24 | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec | 17,876 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Port Alberni British Columbia | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | 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-Sophie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Sainte-Sophie, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 40.3, with 2023 the lightest at 36.4. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Sophie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 40.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 36.4 | 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-Sophie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Sophie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | 77.6 | 129.6 | C+ |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | 15,904 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 26,673 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Sainte-Sophie. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Sainte-Sophie shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Sophie
Is Sainte-Sophie safe?
Statistics Canada puts Sainte-Sophie at 38 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 8.9 and property crimes at 10.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Sophie?
Assault is the most common, at 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (2.7).
Is crime going up in Sainte-Sophie?
The index stayed close to where it was, 36.4 in 2023 and 37.4 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Sophie’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 69% of violent crime and 31% of everything else, 48% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sainte-Sophie 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).