Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Blainville runs lower than in 92% of Canadian towns
Its 5 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident. Police cleared 44% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, a Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Blainville reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #23 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 6.4 violent incidents and 13.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 10.8 and 25.1 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.
What stands out about safety in Blainville
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Blainville’s index of 34.9 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Blainville places 5th from the lowest index. 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 A for Blainville, and how it is built
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: #23 of 503 in Quebec and #174 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Which crimes make up Blainville’s figures
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 | 11 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 12.7 | 0.2 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 7.3 | 0.1 | 64% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.2 | 57% |
| Breaking and entering | 83.7 | 1.4 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 75.7 | 1.2 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 20.3 | 0.3 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 240.3 | 3.9 | 33% |
| Mischief | 94.3 | 1.5 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 80.7 | 1.3 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 22 | 0.4 | 71% |
| Impaired driving | 78 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 80.3 | 1.3 | 20% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Blainville is 5th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgetown Ontario | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| 2 | Bradford Ontario | 51,346 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 3 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 32.5 | 41.8 | A |
| 4 | Alliston Ontario | 50,739 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 5 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| 6 | Caledonia Ontario | 56,059 | 37.2 | 37.5 | A |
| 7 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 8 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 11 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| 12 | Châteauguay Quebec | 53,508 | 50.6 | 85.7 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | 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 Blainville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 390 violent incidents a year on Blainville’s police records (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 840 a year and other violations 310 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Blainville’s index dropped 12%
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 36.8; 2025 was lightest, at 31.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Blainville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 36.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 36.2 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Blainville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Blainville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blainville | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | — | — | — |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Blainville.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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 Blainville
Is Blainville safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Blainville scores 34.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 6.4 violent and 13.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Blainville?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 5, theft under $5,000 at 3.9 and assault at 3.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Blainville?
Down 12%: 36.2 in 2023, 31.9 in 2025.
How much of Blainville’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 44% of crime (72% of violent crime, 30% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Blainville and nowhere else.
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).