Photo: Élie Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Fermont records more crime than 88% of Canadian towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 53.6 violent incidents and 24.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Split in two, the index gives 264.9 for violence and 74.5 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Graded on crime the police covering Fermont reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 63%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Caniapiscau MRC.
What stands out about safety in Fermont
More people here than live here
With 37% of its homes not lived in all year, Fermont counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Assault: high for a town its size
Fermont records 32.9 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 ↓
Heavier on violence
Fermont’s index splits into violent crime, 264.9 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 74.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Fermont’s index of 128.1 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
Fermont: D 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.
What police record in Fermont, by type
Against the typical town its size, Fermont runs highest on assault (32.9 per 1,000 against 6.7), mischief (8.7 per 1,000 against 4.2) and break and enter (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.5). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 1.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14 | 4.5 | 52% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5 | 1.6 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 12.7 | 4 | 47% |
| Mischief | 27.3 | 8.7 | 54% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24 | 7.6 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 5.7 | 1.8 | 58% |
| Impaired driving | 10.3 | 3.3 | 87% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 1.4 | — |
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.
3,130 residents, about 170 violent incidents a year: the police area Fermont belongs to, 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 75 property crimes, plus 53 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Fermont’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (161.4); the lightest was 2023 (93). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fermont | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 130 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 93 | 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 Fermont, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Fermont
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fermont | 2,129 | 128.1 | 264.9 | D |
| Wabush (19 km) | 2,105 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
| Labrador City (20 km) | 7,965 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Fermont. Closest is Wabush, 19.1 km away, at 30.1 to 128.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Fermont with figures are 19–20 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. With roughly 3,129 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.”
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Fermont among them.
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Fermont
Is Fermont safe?
Fermont measures 128.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 53.6 violent incidents and 24 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Fermont?
The three biggest groups are assault at 32.9, other Criminal Code offences at 9.9 and mischief at 8.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Fermont?
It has: 93 in 2023 became 161.4 by 2025, a rise of 73%. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Fermont’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 77% of violent crime and 42% of everything else, 63% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Fermont 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).