Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainCrime per resident in Communauté de Wemotaci runs higher than in 95% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 552 and other offences to 134.1, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Communauté de Wemotaci reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. What’s more, the local count comes to 102.0 violent incidents and 38.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Communauté de Wemotaci
Assault: high for a town its size
Communauté de Wemotaci records 73.2 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 552 on Communauté de Wemotaci’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 134.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Communauté de Wemotaci, 251.9. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 88% of crime in Communauté de Wemotaci ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 100% of violent crime and 68% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. 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 Communauté de Wemotaci’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Communauté de Wemotaci’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Communauté de Wemotaci runs highest on assault (73.2 per 1,000 against 6.7), sexual assault (5.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and break and enter (12.2 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 13 | 10.4 | 98% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 12.2 | 72% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 75% |
| Mischief | 17.7 | 14.1 | 89% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 1.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19 | 15.1 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 2.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 3 | 2.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14.7 | 11.6 | 80% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 people or more.
About 130 violent incidents a year reached Communauté de Wemotaci’s police, 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 48 property crimes and 47 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Communauté de Wemotaci’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 297.6; 2023 was the lightest, at 173. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Communauté de Wemotaci | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 285.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 297.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 173 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Communauté de Wemotaci, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Communauté de Wemotaci
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communauté de Wemotaci | 1,296 | 251.9 | 552 | D |
| La Tuque (89 km) | 11,309 | 106.1 | 199 | C− |
| Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan (89 km) | 2,132 | 368.3 | 819.3 | D− |
| Obedjiwan 28 (120 km) | 2,139 | 403.5 | 846.3 | D− |
Communauté de Wemotaci sits above 1 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is La Tuque, 88.9 km away, at 106.1 to 251.9 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 89–120 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Communauté de Wemotaci.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small numbers. With roughly 1,296 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- 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.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Communauté de Wemotaci
Is Communauté de Wemotaci safe?
Statistics Canada puts Communauté de Wemotaci at 251.9 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 102 and property crimes at 38.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Communauté de Wemotaci?
Assault is the most common, at 73.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (22.1) and mischief (14.1).
Is crime going up in Communauté de Wemotaci?
It has: 173 in 2023 became 285.2 by 2025, a rise of 65%. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Communauté de Wemotaci’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 88% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 100% of violent and 68% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Communauté de Wemotaci 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).