Photo: P. Davignon · CC BY-SA 4.0Kanesatake has more crime per resident than seven in ten Canadian towns
Its 4 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident. Of the two halves, violence comes to 129.3 and other offences to 65.3, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. The Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crime the police covering Kanesatake reported through 2023 to 2025. Add to that, recorded violent incidents ran at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 20.3, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Deux-Montagnes MRC.
What stands out about safety in Kanesatake
Above Quebec’s typical town
Kanesatake’s index of 83 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 46% of crime in Kanesatake ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 66% of violent crime and 29% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 129.3 on Kanesatake’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 65.3 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.
The grade: C for Kanesatake
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 Kanesatake’s figures
Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 12.3 | 1.6 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 17.3 | 2.2 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 2.6 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 4.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 31.3 | 4 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 13.7 | 1.7 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 1.7 | 20% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 0.8 | 38% |
| Impaired driving | 11 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 21.3 | 2.7 | 15% |
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.
The police area Kanesatake is part of, 7,940 residents, recorded about 110 violent incidents a year (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 160 property crimes, plus 86 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Kanesatake’s index rose 6% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 85.2, with 2023 the lightest at 80.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kanesatake | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 83.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 80.5 | 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 Kanesatake, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Kanesatake
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Oka | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | 1,340 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
The places around Kanesatake all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Hudson (3.8 km away), scores 39.2 against 83. 2 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Kanesatake shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Kanesatake
Is Kanesatake safe?
The short answer is an index of 83 for Kanesatake (2023–2025), built from 13.5 violent incidents and 20.3 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Kanesatake?
Most often it is assault: 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.8 and theft under $5,000 at 4.8.
Is crime going up in Kanesatake?
Up 6%: 80.5 in 2023, 85.2 in 2025.
How much of Kanesatake’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 46% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 66% of violent and 29% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Kanesatake together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).