Photo: Miguel Á. Sancha M. · CC BY-SA 3.0Kazabazua sees more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 152.3 and its non-violent half to 66.7, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of C follows from crime the police covering Kazabazua reported over the years 2023 to 2025. On top of that, recorded violent incidents ran at 27.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 20.8, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The index fell from 95.6 in 2023 to 83.8 in 2025.
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 Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC.
What stands out about safety in Kazabazua
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
About 42% of Kazabazua’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Assault: high for a town its size
Kazabazua 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 ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 59% for Kazabazua (75% violent, 45% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Over the Quebec norm
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Kazabazua scores 90.6. 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.
The C for Kazabazua, and how it is built
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.
Crime in Kazabazua, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Kazabazua runs highest on assault (15.9 per 1,000 against 6.7) 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.
Kazabazua, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 95.6; the lightest was 2025, at 83.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kazabazua | 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 Kazabazua, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
20,600 residents, about 560 violent incidents a year: the police area Kazabazua 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.
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 Kazabazua
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazabazua | 1,083 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Gracefield (12 km) | 2,544 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Low (21 km) | 1,064 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Messines (30 km) | 1,691 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Kazabazua with figures are 12–30 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Kazabazua shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Kazabazua
Is Kazabazua safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Kazabazua comes to 90.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 27.4 violent incidents and 20.8 property crimes. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Kazabazua?
The three biggest groups are assault at 15.9, other Criminal Code offences at 7.3 and mischief at 4.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Kazabazua?
Down 12%: 95.6 in 2023, 83.8 in 2025.
How much of Kazabazua’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 75% of violent crime and 45% of everything else, 59% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Kazabazua 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).