Photo: Velatrix · CC0Crime per resident in Kangiqsualujjuaq runs higher than in almost every Canadian town
Split in two, the index gives 2,056.5 for violence and 312.7 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). That puts it at D− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Kangiqsualujjuaq reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, the local count comes to 447.5 violent incidents and 87.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 64% (the typical Canadian town of 2,500+: 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. Measured across the Nunavik Region service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Kangiqsualujjuaq
Assault: high for a town its size
Kangiqsualujjuaq records 227.4 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 ↓
Rising since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Kangiqsualujjuaq moved from 659.6 to 956.3, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Kangiqsualujjuaq’s two halves part ways: 2,056.5 for violence (typical 86.4) and 312.7 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Kangiqsualujjuaq’s index of 805.8 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.
What’s behind Kangiqsualujjuaq’s grade
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.
In Kangiqsualujjuaq, up 45% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 956.3 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 659.6. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kangiqsualujjuaq | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 956.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 801.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 659.6 | 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 Kangiqsualujjuaq, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Kangiqsualujjuaq’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Kangiqsualujjuaq runs highest on assault (227.4 per 1,000 against 6.7), sexual assault (20.7 per 1,000 against 0.8) and mischief (54.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 85.7 | 5.9 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 261.3 | 18 | 69% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 51.7 | 3.6 | 70% |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 72% |
| Breaking and entering | 221.3 | 15.2 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 74.7 | 5.1 | 32% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 120 | 8.3 | 32% |
| Mischief | 788 | 54.2 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 85 | 5.9 | 31% |
| Administration of justice violations | 615 | 42.3 | 61% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 255.3 | 17.6 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 44% |
| Impaired driving | 589.3 | 40.7 | 39% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 23 | 1.6 | 51% |
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 Kangiqsualujjuaq is part of, 14,600 residents, recorded about 6,510 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.
Property crime adds about 1,270 a year and other violations 1,930 (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 Kangiqsualujjuaq
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kangiqsualujjuaq | 1,038 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | D− |
| Kuujjuaq (156 km) | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | D− |
Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The one place listed is 156 km from Kangiqsualujjuaq, the nearest with figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One service, several municipalities. Kangiqsualujjuaq is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Kangiqsualujjuaq
Is Kangiqsualujjuaq safe?
With 447.5 violent incidents and 87.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Kangiqsualujjuaq comes to 805.8 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 Kangiqsualujjuaq?
Assault is the most common, at 227.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (77.1) and mischief (54.2).
Is crime going up in Kangiqsualujjuaq?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 45%, to 956.3 from 659.6.
How much of Kangiqsualujjuaq’s crime do police solve?
64%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 72% and non-violent crime at 45%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Kangiqsualujjuaq 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).