Photo: Belug · CC BY-SA 4.0Kuujjuaq records more crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Violence accounts for an index of 2,056.5 and other offences for 312.7, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 64%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Even so, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Kuujjuaq reported put it at D− for safety. Its police logs show 447.5 violent incidents and 87.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Nunavik Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Kuujjuaq
Assault: high for a town its size
Kuujjuaq 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 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Rising since 2023
From 659.6 in 2023 to 956.3 in 2025: that is Kuujjuaq’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Kuujjuaq’s two halves part ways: 2,056.5 for violence (typical 85.7) and 312.7 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Above Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Kuujjuaq, 805.8. 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.
Kuujjuaq: 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 to 10,000 people.
Year by year in Kuujjuaq: up 45%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (956.3) and 2023 least (659.6). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kuujjuaq | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 956.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 801.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 659.6 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Kuujjuaq, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Kuujjuaq’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Kuujjuaq runs highest on assault (227.4 per 1,000 against 6.7), sexual assault (20.7 per 1,000 against 0.9) and mischief (54.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 to 10,000 people.
Kuujjuaq is 40th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 3 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Swan Valley West Manitoba | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| 38 | Russell Manitoba | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| 39 | Meadow Lake No. 588 Saskatchewan | 2,712 | 243 | 329.2 | D |
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Kuujjuaq in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
14,600 residents, about 6,510 violent incidents a year: the police area Kuujjuaq 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.
And about 1,270 property crimes, plus 1,930 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Kuujjuaq
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuujjuaq | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | D− |
| Kangiqsualujjuaq (156 km) | 1,038 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | D− |
One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The one place listed is 156 km from Kuujjuaq, the nearest with figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.
- A regional police service. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Kuujjuaq included.
Questions about safety in Kuujjuaq
Is Kuujjuaq safe?
Kuujjuaq’s Crime Severity Index is 805.8 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 447.5 violent incidents and 87.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Kuujjuaq?
Police record assault most, 227.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (77.1) and mischief (54.2).
Is crime going up in Kuujjuaq?
It has: 659.6 in 2023 became 956.3 by 2025, a rise of 45%.
How much of Kuujjuaq’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 64% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 72% of violent crime and 45% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Kuujjuaq 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).