Photo: Matdumsa · CC BY-SA 4.0Bois-des-Filion sees less crime per resident than 72% of Canadian towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Of the two halves, violence comes to 61 and other offences to 43, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Measured on crime the police covering Bois-des-Filion reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B+: #144 of 503 in Quebec. On top of that, for every 1,000 residents, 10.5 violent incidents and 17.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.0 and 30.5.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Thérèse-de-Blainville service area.
What stands out about safety in Bois-des-Filion
Police clear more here
Police cleared 51% of Bois-des-Filion’s crime, weighted by seriousness (78% of violent crime, 36% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Bois-des-Filion stands 13th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 47.9 in Bois-des-Filion. 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 Bois-des-Filion
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: #144 of 503 in Quebec and #482 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.
Bois-des-Filion’s crime by kind
Theft under $5,000 and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12 | 0.1 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19 | 0.2 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.07 | 75% |
| Robbery | 19.7 | 0.2 | 62% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 19.7 | 0.2 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 143 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 131.7 | 1.6 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 26 | 0.3 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 522.3 | 6.5 | 39% |
| Mischief | 115.3 | 1.4 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 0.1 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 147 | 1.8 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 53 | 0.7 | 68% |
| Impaired driving | 79.7 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 189.3 | 2.4 | 22% |
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.
By its index, Bois-des-Filion stands 13th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| 2 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Quebec | 10,147 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Contrecoeur Quebec | 10,708 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Zotique Quebec | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Mitchell Ontario | 10,080 | 44.1 | 52.1 | A− |
| 11 | Wendover Ontario | 10,896 | 46.8 | 72.6 | A− |
| 12 | Walkerton Ontario | 10,811 | 47.4 | 56.9 | B+ |
| 13 | Bois-des-Filion Quebec | 10,666 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 14 | Seaforth Ontario | 10,402 | 49.1 | 67.1 | B+ |
| 15 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands Ontario | 10,185 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 16 | Yarmouth Nova Scotia | 10,637 | 52.1 | 68.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Farnham Quebec | 11,315 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | 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 Bois-des-Filion in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 840 violent incidents a year in the 81,000-resident police area around Bois-des-Filion, 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 1,380 property crimes and 570 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
In Bois-des-Filion, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 51.9; 2023 was lightest, at 45.4. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bois-des-Filion | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 51.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 45.4 | 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 Bois-des-Filion, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Bois-des-Filion
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Auteuil | 27,843 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Bois-des-Filion. 3 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 policing. Bois-des-Filion is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Bois-des-Filion
Is Bois-des-Filion safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Bois-des-Filion comes to 47.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 10.5 violent incidents and 17.2 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Bois-des-Filion?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (5.7) and fraud (5).
Is crime going up in Bois-des-Filion?
The index stayed close to where it was, 45.4 in 2023 and 46.4 in 2025.
How much of Bois-des-Filion’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 51% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 78% of violent crime and 36% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Bois-des-Filion 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).