Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Per resident, L'Ange-Gardien records less crime than 95% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 26.5, down from 31.3 in 2023. What’s more, on crime the police covering L'Ange-Gardien reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #10 of 503 in Quebec. Typical years here bring 8.4 violent incidents plus 7.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 51.6 for violence and 20.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 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. Shared with the rest of the Collines-de-l'Outaouais Region service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in L'Ange-Gardien
Below Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; L'Ange-Gardien, 29.4. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, L'Ange-Gardien comes 5th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 51.6 on L'Ange-Gardien’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 20.8 against 62.8. By type ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 49% of crime in L'Ange-Gardien ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 67% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind L'Ange-Gardien’s grade
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: #10 of 503 in Quebec and #110 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up L'Ange-Gardien’s figures
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 8 | 0.1 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 62.3 | 1.1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.1 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 0.7 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 14 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 83.3 | 1.4 | 28% |
| Mischief | 74 | 1.3 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 8.3 | 0.1 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 68.7 | 1.2 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 0.2 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 30 | 0.5 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 96.3 | 1.7 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 21.7 | 0.4 | 35% |
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.
By its index, L'Ange-Gardien stands 5th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Colborne Ontario | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| 7 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 8 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Les Cèdres Quebec | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 13 | Plessisville Quebec | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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'Ange-Gardien in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
L'Ange-Gardien, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 31.3, against a low of 26.5 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | L'Ange-Gardien | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 30.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 31.3 | 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 L'Ange-Gardien, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 490 violent incidents a year across the police area of 58,700 residents that includes L'Ange-Gardien, 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 410 property crimes, plus 260 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 L'Ange-Gardien
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Ange-Gardien | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| Vallée-de-la-Lièvre | 15,388 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | 1,016 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Bassin-de-la-Lièvre | 10,571 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| Cumberland | 6,139 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
| Thurso | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| Cardinal Creek | 11,676 | 54.7 | 66 | A+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over L'Ange-Gardien.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One service, several municipalities. The service that polices L'Ange-Gardien reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
Questions about safety in L'Ange-Gardien
Is L'Ange-Gardien safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, L'Ange-Gardien scores 29.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.4 violent and 7.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in L'Ange-Gardien?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.1, Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.3 and fraud at 2.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in L'Ange-Gardien?
No: the index fell 15%, from 31.3 in 2023 to 26.5 in 2025.
How much of L'Ange-Gardien’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 49%: 67% for violent crime and 32% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving L'Ange-Gardien 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).