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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainSainte-Dorothée sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
In 2023 the index stood at 57.2; it fell to 52.9 in 2025. Police counts work out at 12.3 violent incidents and 17.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ they are 10.8 and 25.1. Overall, it grades B for safety (#242 of 503 in Quebec). Of the two halves, violence comes to 82.7 and other offences to 45.9, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2.
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. Area-wide: crime severity and crime rate, counted over the Laval service area.
Sainte-Dorothée: B for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Sainte-Dorothée can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
Laval’s crime, type 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.
Sainte-Dorothée, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (58.1) and 2025 the trough (52.9). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sainte-Dorothée | 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 Sainte-Dorothée, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Sainte-Dorothée
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Dorothée | 38,183 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Laval-Ouest | 11,034 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Chomedey | 81,813 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Sainte-Dorothée. 4 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
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. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- 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.”
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Sainte-Dorothée carries the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Sainte-Dorothée
Is Sainte-Dorothée safe?
Police-reported crime in Sainte-Dorothée scores 56.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.3 violent incidents and 17.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Sainte-Dorothée?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 6.7, assault at 6.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 4.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Sainte-Dorothée?
No: the index fell 8%, from 57.2 in 2023 to 52.9 in 2025.
How much of Sainte-Dorothée’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 police’s, as reported for 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).