Photo: Andrijko Z. · CC BY-SA 4.0Kitigan Zibi records more crime per resident than 93% of Canadian towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Police counts work out at 39.0 violent incidents and 32.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2. What’s more, it grades D for safety on crime the police covering Kitigan Zibi reported from 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 388.1 and other offences to 109.9, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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.
What stands out about safety in Kitigan Zibi
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Kitigan Zibi records 8.8 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Kitigan Zibi’s index splits into violent crime, 388.1 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 109.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 188.2 in Kitigan Zibi. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Kitigan Zibi’s police clear 101%, 101% of violent crime and 100% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Kitigan Zibi: D 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Kitigan Zibi, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kitigan Zibi runs highest on sexual assault (8.8 per 1,000 against 0.8), assault (19.9 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (5.6 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7 | 5.6 | 100% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 5.6 | 86% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 14 | 11.2 | 100% |
| Mischief | 6 | 4.8 | 100% |
| Weapons violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9 | 7.2 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 4 | 100% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 2.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 25 | 19.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.8 | — |
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 people or more.
Police in Kitigan Zibi recorded about 49 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 41 a year and other violations 45 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Kitigan Zibi’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 190.2; the lightest was 2023, at 187.2. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kitigan Zibi | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 190.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 187.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 187.2 | 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 Kitigan Zibi, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Kitigan Zibi
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Kitigan Zibi. Closest is Maniwaki, 3.6 km away, at 90.6 to 188.2 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Read with care. With roughly 1,261 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Kitigan Zibi
Is Kitigan Zibi safe?
Kitigan Zibi measures 188.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 39 violent incidents and 32.7 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Kitigan Zibi?
Top of the list is Criminal Code traffic offences (22.3 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 19.9, and theft under $5,000, at 11.2, follow.
Is crime going up in Kitigan Zibi?
The index stayed close to where it was, 187.2 in 2023 and 190.2 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Kitigan Zibi’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 101% of crime (101% of violent crime, 100% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Kitigan Zibi and nowhere else.
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).