Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Duvernay sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Its violent half comes to 82.7 and its non-violent half to 45.9, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. Overall, Duvernay grades B for safety (#242 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, in 2023 the index stood at 57.2; it fell to 52.9 in 2025. Recorded violent incidents ran at 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 17.1, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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 and crime rate covers the Laval service area.
Duvernay: B for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Duvernay’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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: #242 of 503 in Quebec and #736 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Which crimes make up Laval’s figures
These are Laval’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Laval runs highest on drug offences (2.1 per 1,000 against 0.9), assault (6.5 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (2 per 1,000 against 1.7). Theft under $5,000 and mischief 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 | 92 | 0.2 | 47% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.3 | 0.4 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 30.3 | 0.07 | 35% |
| Robbery | 194 | 0.4 | 44% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.7 | 0.10 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 120 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Breaking and entering | 665.3 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 164.3 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 919.3 | 2 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 176 | 0.4 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,063.3 | 6.7 | 27% |
| Mischief | 922.7 | 2 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 184 | 0.4 | 71% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,363.7 | 3 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 313.7 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 971.7 | 2.1 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 400 | 0.9 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1,053.7 | 2.3 | 15% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Duvernay, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 58.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 52.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Duvernay | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 58.1 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 57.2 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Duvernay, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Duvernay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duvernay | 37,460 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 15,194 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) | 13,131 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Centre (Montréal-Nord) | 20,584 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Est (Montréal-Nord) | 31,383 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Ouest (Montréal-Nord) | 23,373 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Duvernay. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- City-wide figures. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Duvernay carries the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Duvernay
Is Duvernay safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Duvernay scores 56.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12.3 violent and 17.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Duvernay?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 6.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 4.5.
Is crime going up in Duvernay?
It went down 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 57.2 to 52.9.
How much of Duvernay’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 43% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 31% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the city.
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).