Photo: Germain Beauchamp · Public domainRecorded crime in Laval-Ouest is close to typical for Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 82.7 for violence and 45.9 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Across all the graded crimes, Laval-Ouest lands on B (#242 of 503 in Quebec): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, the index fell from 57.2 in 2023 to 52.9 in 2025. Year on year, 12.3 violent incidents and 17.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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. Crime severity and crime rate: one figure for all of the Laval service area.
Laval-Ouest: B for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Laval-Ouest’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.
Crime across Laval, by type
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.
Laval-Ouest, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (58.1) and 2025 the trough (52.9). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Laval-Ouest | 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 Laval-Ouest, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Laval-Ouest
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval-Ouest | 11,034 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Deux-Montagnes | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Sainte-Dorothée | 38,183 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
3 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Laval-Ouest. Closest is Deux-Montagnes, 2.3 km away, at 30.8 to 56.1 here. Sharing its police with 2 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so 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. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Laval-Ouest carries the city-wide figures.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Laval-Ouest
Is Laval-Ouest safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Laval-Ouest 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. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Laval-Ouest?
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 Laval-Ouest?
It went down 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 57.2 to 52.9.
How much of Laval-Ouest’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 43%: 60% for violent crime and 31% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole 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).