Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Déléage than in 74% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 152.3 and other offences to 66.7, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Déléage reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety. Out of every 1,000 residents, 27.4 violent incidents and 20.8 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. In 2023 the index stood at 95.6; it fell to 83.8 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. Shared with the rest of the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Déléage
Assault: high for a town its size
Déléage records 15.9 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 ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 59% of Déléage’s crime, weighted by seriousness (75% of violent crime, 45% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Déléage scores 90.6. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Déléage’s two halves part ways: 152.3 for violence (typical 86.4) and 66.7 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.
Déléage: C for safety, and why
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.
Déléage’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Déléage runs highest on assault (15.9 per 1,000 against 6.7), break and enter (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (4.8 per 1,000 against 4.2). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.7 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.8 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Breaking and entering | 88.3 | 4.3 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11 | 0.5 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 45.7 | 2.2 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.7 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 83.3 | 4.1 | 36% |
| Mischief | 98 | 4.8 | 46% |
| Weapons violations | 15.3 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 112 | 5.5 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.7 | 87% |
| Drug violations | 41.3 | 2 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 46.3 | 2.3 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 22.3 | 1.1 | 21% |
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.
Déléage, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 95.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 83.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Déléage | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 92.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 95.6 | 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 Déléage, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 560 violent incidents a year across the police area of 20,600 residents that includes Déléage, 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.
And about 420 property crimes, plus 280 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Déléage
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Déléage | 2,047 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Maniwaki | 3,803 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Kitigan Zibi | 1,261 | 188.2 | 388.1 | D |
| Messines | 1,691 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Déléage shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Déléage
Is Déléage safe?
With 27.4 violent incidents and 20.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Déléage comes to 90.6 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Déléage?
Assault is the most common, at 15.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (7.3) and mischief (4.8).
Is crime going up in Déléage?
No: the index fell 12%, from 95.6 in 2023 to 83.8 in 2025.
How much of Déléage’s crime do police solve?
59%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 75% and non-violent crime at 45%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Déléage 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).