Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Coteau-du-Lac than in 86% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 61.7 and 30.5. The Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crime the police covering Coteau-du-Lac reported through 2023 to 2025: #53 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, the yearly rates were 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Steady over the three years, the index read 39.8 in 2023 and 37.9 in 2025.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC.
What stands out about safety in Coteau-du-Lac
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 39.2 in Coteau-du-Lac. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Coteau-du-Lac stands 11th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Coteau-du-Lac (69% violent, 34% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Coteau-du-Lac scores 61.7 for violence and 30.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 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 Coteau-du-Lac’s A
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: #53 of 503 in Quebec and #279 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.
Crime in Coteau-du-Lac, type by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 60.3 | 0.4 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.04 | 67% |
| Robbery | 23 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 37 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 175 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 74 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 237.3 | 1.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 412.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 269.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Administration of justice violations | 262.7 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 58.7 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 78 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 271.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 294 | 1.7 | 14% |
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.
About 1,430 violent incidents a year across the police area of 170,600 residents that includes Coteau-du-Lac, 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 1,760 a year and other violations 1,130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Coteau-du-Lac places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Augusta Ontario | 7,767 | 34 | 40.2 | A |
| 9 | North Stormont Ontario | 7,946 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 11 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 12 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| 13 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 14 | Donnacona Quebec | 7,785 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 45 | 79.1 | A− |
| 18 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 24 | Acton Vale Quebec | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | 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 Coteau-du-Lac in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Coteau-du-Lac, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 39.9, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 37.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Coteau-du-Lac | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.8 | 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 Coteau-du-Lac, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Coteau-du-Lac
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 47,002 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Clet | 1,784 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Les Cèdres | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
The table leaves out 5 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Coteau-du-Lac alone.
Questions about safety in Coteau-du-Lac
Is Coteau-du-Lac safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Coteau-du-Lac comes to 39.2. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Coteau-du-Lac?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.2, Criminal Code traffic offences at 4 and fraud at 3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Coteau-du-Lac?
Hardly at all, from 39.8 in 2023 to 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Coteau-du-Lac’s crime do police solve?
About 49% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 69% of violent and 34% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Coteau-du-Lac 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).