Photo: Visem · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Kirkland than in 67% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 115.7 and other offences to 66.9, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Year on year, 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Counting crime the police covering Kirkland reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. The index held steady between 2023 (81.4) and 2025 (78.4).
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Montréal service area.
What stands out about safety in Kirkland
Robbery: high for a town its size
Kirkland records 1.1 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Kirkland scores 80.3. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Kirkland is 28th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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 grade: C for Kirkland
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Kirkland, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Kirkland runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.6), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). Mischief sits 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Kirkland places 28th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 12 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Windsor Nova Scotia | 20,318 | 78.5 | 98.5 | C+ |
| 26 | Dorval Quebec | 21,062 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 27 | Westmount Quebec | 20,377 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 28 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Beaconsfield Quebec | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Midland Ontario | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| 31 | Miramichi New Brunswick | 19,402 | 82.1 | 89.1 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 Kirkland in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 33,000 violent incidents a year across the police area of 2,172,300 residents that includes Kirkland, 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 62,300 property crimes, plus 22,100 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Kirkland, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 81.4; the lightest was 2025, at 78.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Kirkland | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Kirkland, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Kirkland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Baie-D'Urfé | 3,706 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
6 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Shared policing. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Kirkland included.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Kirkland
Is Kirkland safe?
Kirkland measures 80.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Kirkland?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (8.2) and fraud (5.4).
Is crime going up in Kirkland?
Barely: 81.4 in 2023, 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Kirkland’s crime do police solve?
About 32% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 21% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Kirkland 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).