Photo: Carl Young · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Chisasibi records more crime than four in five Canadian towns
On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 103.6, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5. What’s more, its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Chisasibi reported from 2023 to 2025: #487 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 34.8 violent incidents and 20.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Eeyou Eenou Cree Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Chisasibi
Assault: high for a town its size
Chisasibi records 20.6 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Rising since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Chisasibi moved from 35 to 145.4, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Chisasibi, 103.6. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Chisasibi’s two halves part ways: 197.1 for violence (typical 85.7) and 67.1 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 sits behind Chisasibi’s C−
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: #487 of 503 in Quebec and #1,949 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.
Chisasibi’s index rose 316% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (145.4) and 2023 least (35). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Chisasibi | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 130.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 35 | 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 Chisasibi, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Chisasibi’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Chisasibi runs highest on assault (20.6 per 1,000 against 6.7), mischief (11.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.7). 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 | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8 | 0.4 | 34% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 37 | 1.9 | 43% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Breaking and entering | 86.3 | 4.5 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31.7 | 1.6 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.5 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20 | 1 | 7% |
| Mischief | 224.7 | 11.7 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.5 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 114 | 5.9 | 34% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 44.3 | 2.3 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 27.3 | 1.4 | 40% |
| Impaired driving | 80 | 4.2 | 51% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.6 | 11% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Chisasibi places 37th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Boniface Quebec | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Espanola Ontario | 5,504 | 90.6 | 123.8 | C |
| 35 | Marystown Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,196 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| 36 | Deer Lake Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,319 | 96.2 | 98.9 | C− |
| 37 | Chisasibi Quebec | 5,382 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| 38 | Antigonish Nova Scotia | 5,175 | 115.4 | 123.5 | C− |
| 39 | Westlock Alberta | 5,363 | 129.8 | 116.4 | D |
| 40 | Oliver British Columbia | 5,262 | 132.5 | 95.2 | 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 Chisasibi in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 670 violent incidents a year across the police area of 19,400 residents that includes Chisasibi, 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 400 property crimes and 320 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Chisasibi
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chisasibi | 5,382 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| Wemindji (84 km) | 1,609 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
Same police, same number: one neighbour drops out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer place has figures: this one lies 84 km from Chisasibi.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One service, several municipalities. Chisasibi is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Chisasibi
Is Chisasibi safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 103.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Chisasibi stands, with 34.8 violent and 20.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Chisasibi?
Most often it is assault: 20.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 11.7 and other Criminal Code offences at 10.
Is crime going up in Chisasibi?
Yes: the index rose 316%, from 35 in 2023 to 145.4 in 2025.
How much of Chisasibi’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 41% of violent crime and 26% of everything else, 36% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Chisasibi and everywhere else it polices.
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).