Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Côte-Saint-Luc records more crime per resident than 67% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 115.7 and other offences for 66.9, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Annual rates stand at 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Add to that, on crime the police covering Côte-Saint-Luc reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 81.4 then 78.4.
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. Measured across the Montréal service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Côte-Saint-Luc
Robbery: high for a town its size
Côte-Saint-Luc records 1.1 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Over the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Côte-Saint-Luc, 80.3. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Côte-Saint-Luc comes 25th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity 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.
Inside Côte-Saint-Luc’s C for safety
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: #396 of 503 in Quebec and #1,643 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.
Which crimes make up Côte-Saint-Luc’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Côte-Saint-Luc runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.6), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). Mischief sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 32 | 0.02 | 65% |
| Sexual violations against children | 412.3 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 932.7 | 0.4 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 210.3 | 0.10 | 38% |
| Robbery | 2,329.3 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 371 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Other violent violations | 732.7 | 0.3 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 6,567 | 3.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 667 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9,140 | 4.3 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,353 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25,416 | 11.8 | 17% |
| Mischief | 6,913.3 | 3.2 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 510 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 6,916.3 | 3.2 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1,578.7 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 2,470.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 1,728 | 0.8 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6,866.3 | 3.2 | 8% |
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.
Côte-Saint-Luc is 25th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 7 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Rouyn-Noranda Quebec | 43,270 | 66.7 | 112.8 | B− |
| 23 | Elmira Ontario | 31,382 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 24 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| 25 | Côte-Saint-Luc Quebec | 37,901 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 26 | Pointe-Claire Quebec | 37,437 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 27 | Spruce Grove Alberta | 44,575 | 81.6 | 76.3 | C |
| 28 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 82.8 | 70.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Côte-Saint-Luc in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 33,000 violent incidents a year in the 2,172,300-resident police area around Côte-Saint-Luc, 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 62,300 property crimes and 22,100 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Côte-Saint-Luc, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 81.4; the lightest was 2025, at 78.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Côte-Saint-Luc | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 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 Côte-Saint-Luc, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Côte-Saint-Luc
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Côte-Saint-Luc | 37,901 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Hampstead | 7,464 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Montréal-Ouest | 5,197 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
6 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A regional police service. The service that polices Côte-Saint-Luc reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Côte-Saint-Luc
Is Côte-Saint-Luc safe?
Côte-Saint-Luc’s Crime Severity Index is 80.3 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Côte-Saint-Luc?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (8.2) and fraud (5.4).
Is crime going up in Côte-Saint-Luc?
Barely: 81.4 in 2023, 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Côte-Saint-Luc’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 32% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 49% of violent and 21% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Côte-Saint-Luc and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).