Photo: Chicoutimi · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Hampstead runs higher than in 67% of Canadian towns
Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 81.4 to 78.4. Violence accounts for an index of 115.7 and other offences for 66.9, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Hampstead reported put it at C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. On top of that, the local count comes to 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Montréal service area.
What stands out about safety in Hampstead
Higher than most of Quebec
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Hampstead scores 80.3. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Hampstead is 24th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Hampstead records 4.3 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Hampstead: 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.
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Hampstead, by type
Against the typical town its size, Hampstead runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.5), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.6) and drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.7). Theft under $5,000 and mischief sit 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
About 33,000 violent incidents a year across the police area of 2,172,300 residents that includes Hampstead, 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.
Hampstead is 24th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 9 | Les Cèdres Quebec | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Chandler Quebec | 7,323 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| 22 | Val-des-Sources Quebec | 7,303 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| 23 | La Sarre Quebec | 7,199 | 75.8 | 140 | C+ |
| 24 | Hampstead Quebec | 7,464 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 25 | Kentville Nova Scotia | 7,589 | 82.9 | 90.6 | C |
| 26 | Parry Sound Ontario | 7,584 | 92.2 | 121.3 | C |
| 27 | Campbellton New Brunswick | 7,485 | 113.1 | 160.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | 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 Hampstead in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Hampstead, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (81.4); the low point came in 2025, at 78.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Hampstead | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 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 Hampstead, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Hampstead
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 7,464 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Côte-Saint-Luc | 37,901 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Savane | 32,028 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “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 Hampstead 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. 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 Hampstead
Is Hampstead safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Hampstead comes to 80.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Hampstead?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 8.2 and fraud at 5.4.
Is crime going up in Hampstead?
The index stayed close to where it was, 81.4 in 2023 and 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Hampstead’s crime do police solve?
32%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 49% and non-violent crime at 21%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Hampstead 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).