Photo: Meliossa · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Grand-Remous records more crime than 74% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Grand-Remous reported put it at C for safety. Add to that, typical years here bring 27.4 violent incidents plus 20.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its violent half comes to 152.3 and its non-violent half to 66.7, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 95.6 to 83.8.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC).
What stands out about safety in Grand-Remous
Assault: high for a town its size
Grand-Remous 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 ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 59% of crime in Grand-Remous ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 75% of violent crime and 45% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Grand-Remous scores 90.6. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 152.3 on Grand-Remous’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 66.7 against 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.
Grand-Remous: 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.
Which crimes make up Grand-Remous’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Grand-Remous 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).
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.
Grand-Remous, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (95.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 83.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Grand-Remous | 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 Grand-Remous, 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 Grand-Remous, 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 420 a year and other violations 280 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Grand-Remous
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand-Remous | 1,221 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Mont-Laurier (29 km) | 14,598 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Déléage (31 km) | 2,047 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Maniwaki (31 km) | 3,803 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Ferme-Neuve (33 km) | 2,816 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Kitigan Zibi (35 km) | 1,261 | 188.2 | 388.1 | D |
Grand-Remous sits above 2 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. The nearest of them, Mont-Laurier (29.4 km away), scores 73.1 against 90.6. 2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Grand-Remous with figures are 29–35 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Grand-Remous alone.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Grand-Remous
Is Grand-Remous safe?
With 27.4 violent incidents and 20.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Grand-Remous 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 Grand-Remous?
Police record assault most, 15.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (7.3) and mischief (4.8).
Is crime going up in Grand-Remous?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 12%, to 83.8 from 95.6.
How much of Grand-Remous’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 59% of crime (75% of violent crime, 45% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Grand-Remous 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).