Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Les Coteaux has less crime per resident than 86% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 61.7 for violence and 30.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. What’s more, on crime the police covering Les Coteaux reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #53 of 503 in Quebec. 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.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC.
What stands out about safety in Les Coteaux
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Les Coteaux is 9th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Les Coteaux scores 39.2. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Les Coteaux (69% violent, 34% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Les Coteaux scores 61.7 for violence and 30.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 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.
The A for Les Coteaux, and how it is built
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.
Crime in Les Coteaux, type by type
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 Coteaux places 9th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Pontiac Quebec | 6,490 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Pointe-Calumet Quebec | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Mildmay Ontario | 6,247 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 7 | McMasterville Quebec | 6,114 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 8 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| 9 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 11 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 12 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Amqui Quebec | 6,059 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Coteaux in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,430 violent incidents a year in the 170,600-resident police area around Les Coteaux, 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.
And about 1,760 property crimes, plus 1,130 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Les Coteaux’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
At 39.9, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 37.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Les Coteaux | 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 Coteaux, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Les Coteaux
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 47,002 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Saint-Clet | 1,784 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Les Coteaux. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 4 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Les Coteaux alone.
Questions about safety in Les Coteaux
Is Les Coteaux safe?
The short answer is an index of 39.2 for Les Coteaux (2023–2025), built from 8.4 violent incidents and 10.4 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Les Coteaux?
Most often it is assault: 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 4 and fraud at 3.
Is crime going up in Les Coteaux?
Not much: the index went from 39.8 in 2023 to 37.9 in 2025.
How much of Les Coteaux’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 49% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 69% of violent and 34% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Les Coteaux 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).