Photo: Roncanada · CC BY-SA 4.0L'Ancienne-Lorette sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Violence accounts for an index of 89.4 and other offences for 53, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Overall, L'Ancienne-Lorette grades B− for safety (#289 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, typical years here bring 15.1 violent incidents plus 22.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Québec service area.
What stands out about safety in L'Ancienne-Lorette
Drug offences: high for a town its size
L'Ancienne-Lorette records 1.5 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and L'Ancienne-Lorette stands 20th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 63 in L'Ancienne-Lorette. 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 sits behind L'Ancienne-Lorette’s B−
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: #289 of 503 in Quebec and #951 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.
L'Ancienne-Lorette’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, L'Ancienne-Lorette runs highest on drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8), sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8) and fraud (5.9 per 1,000 against 5.1). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 4.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 158.7 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 294.3 | 0.5 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 40.7 | 0.07 | 58% |
| Robbery | 140.7 | 0.2 | 44% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 95.7 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 222.7 | 0.4 | 48% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,561.3 | 2.5 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 130.3 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 683.3 | 1.1 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 257.3 | 0.4 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,452.3 | 8.7 | 20% |
| Mischief | 1,807.7 | 2.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 160.7 | 0.3 | 56% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,199 | 3.5 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 298.3 | 0.5 | 46% |
| Drug violations | 957.3 | 1.5 | 77% |
| Impaired driving | 933.7 | 1.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 522.3 | 0.8 | 10% |
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.
L'Ancienne-Lorette’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (63.5) and 2023 least (62.5). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | L'Ancienne-Lorette | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 63 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 62.5 | 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 L'Ancienne-Lorette, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 9,380 violent incidents a year across the police area of 631,600 residents that includes L'Ancienne-Lorette, 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.
Add about 13,800 property crimes and 5,490 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
L'Ancienne-Lorette is 20th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 26.7 | 23.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Deux-Montagnes Quebec | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 8 | Saint-Basile-le-Grand Quebec | 17,146 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 9 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Listowel Ontario | 18,168 | 53 | 54 | B+ |
| 18 | Smithville Ontario | 16,586 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 19 | Oakbank Manitoba | 17,494 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 20 | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec | 17,876 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| 21 | Strathmore Alberta | 16,416 | 66.8 | 78.9 | B− |
| 22 | Sturgeon Falls Ontario | 16,682 | 66.8 | 82.7 | B− |
| 23 | Lake Country British Columbia | 17,637 | 67.1 | 59.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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 L'Ancienne-Lorette in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around L'Ancienne-Lorette
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| L'Aéroport | 13,630 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Duberger—Les Saules | 27,419 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Des Châtels | 14,836 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf | 37,164 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
6 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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 wider service area. L'Ancienne-Lorette is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in L'Ancienne-Lorette
Is L'Ancienne-Lorette safe?
Police-reported crime in L'Ancienne-Lorette scores 63 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 15.1 violent incidents and 22.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (8.7 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 6.8, and fraud, at 5.9, follow.
Is crime going up in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
Barely: 62.5 in 2023, 63.5 in 2025.
How much of L'Ancienne-Lorette’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 37% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 53% of violent and 26% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving L'Ancienne-Lorette 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).