Photo: Laval_City_Hall.JPG : Jean-Philippe Boulet derivative work: MTLskyline · CC BY 3.0Near the middle: Laval’s crime severity is close to the typical Canadian town its size
Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 82.7 and 45.9. Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. On top of that, by 2025 the index had dropped to 52.9, down from 57.2 in 2023. 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 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.
What stands out about safety in Laval
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Laval records 2.1 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Laval, 56.1. 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.
Laval’s Safety Grade is still to come
No letter for now. The figures here are the real ones; the grade waits for Canada’s grading run.
Crime Severity Index
Violent crime index
Non-violent crime index
Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, 2023–2025 means. City neighbourhoods count, each with its city’s figure; city totals and reserves don’t.
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
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 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 50,000 people or more.
Laval, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 58.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 52.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Laval | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 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, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Laval recorded about 5,590 violent incidents a year, 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.
Property crime adds about 7,810 a year and other violations 4,740 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Laval
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval | 461,509 | 56.1 | 82.7 | — |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 41,971 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Chomedey | 81,813 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Pont-Viau | 14,608 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Laval.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Laval
Is Laval safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Laval 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. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Laval?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (6.5) and other Criminal Code offences (4.5).
Is crime going up in Laval?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 52.9 from 57.2.
How much of Laval’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 60% of violent crime and 31% of everything else, 43% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Laval’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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). 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).