Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Les Cèdres runs lower than in 86% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Add to that, a Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Les Cèdres reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #53 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 61.7 and 30.5. The index held steady between 2023 (39.8) and 2025 (37.9).
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, crime rate and incident counts covers the Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC.
What stands out about safety in Les Cèdres
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Les Cèdres, 39.2. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Les Cèdres comes 10th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 49% of Les Cèdres’s crime, weighted by seriousness (69% of violent crime, 34% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Les Cèdres’s two halves part ways: 61.7 for violence (typical 85.7) and 30.5 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Les Cèdres’s A
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: #53 of 503 in Quebec and #279 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.
Les Cèdres’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 60.3 | 0.4 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 0.3 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6 | 0.04 | 67% |
| Robbery | 23 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 37 | 0.2 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 175 | 1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 74 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 237.3 | 1.4 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 52.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 412.7 | 2.4 | 29% |
| Mischief | 269.7 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 0.1 | 99% |
| Administration of justice violations | 262.7 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 58.7 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 78 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 271.7 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 294 | 1.7 | 14% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Les Cèdres places 10th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | 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 |
| 9 | Niverville Manitoba | 7,277 | 36.3 | 55.5 | A |
| 10 | Les Cèdres Quebec | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 11 | Fairwinds British Columbia | 7,125 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 13 | Wainfleet Ontario | 7,329 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 21 | Chandler Quebec | 7,323 | 69.4 | 134.9 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 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 Les Cèdres in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Les Cèdres is part of, 170,600 residents, recorded about 1,430 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 1,760 a year and other violations 1,130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Les Cèdres, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 39.9 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 37.9 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Les Cèdres | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 39.8 | 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 Les Cèdres, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Les Cèdres
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Cèdres | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Pointe-des-Cascades | 1,867 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 47,002 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Pincourt | 15,220 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Terrasse-Vaudreuil | 1,883 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
5 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
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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 figure for the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Les Cèdres among them.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Les Cèdres
Is Les Cèdres safe?
Les Cèdres scores 39.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Les Cèdres?
Police record assault most, 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (4) and fraud (3).
Is crime going up in Les Cèdres?
Hardly at all, from 39.8 in 2023 to 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Les Cèdres’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 49% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 69% of violent crime and 34% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Les Cèdres 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).