Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.0Per resident, L'Islet records less crime than 80% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 73 for violence and 32.4 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Year on year, 11.5 violent incidents and 10.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its Safety Grade is A−, on crime the police covering L'Islet reported from 2023 to 2025: #101 of 503 in Quebec. Within Quebec, half the towns score under 56.1.
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 L'Islet MRC.
What stands out about safety in L'Islet
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 56% for L'Islet (77% violent, 36% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and L'Islet stands 8th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
L'Islet scores 73 for violence and 32.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in L'Islet stood at 41.4, by 2025 at 48.8. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind L'Islet’s grade
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: #101 of 503 in Quebec and #368 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 L'Islet, 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.3 | 72% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.4 | 51% |
| Breaking and entering | 27.3 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12 | 0.7 | 33% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.7 | 1.9 | 38% |
| Mischief | 47.3 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 36 | 2 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 0.9 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 31.7 | 1.8 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 23.7 | 1.3 | 28% |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, L'Islet’s index climbed 18%
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 48.8, and 2024 lowest at 40.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | L'Islet | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 40.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.4 | 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 L'Islet, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
L'Islet comes 8th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 6 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 3,915 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 7 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| 8 | L'Islet Quebec | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 9 | Cap-Santé Quebec | 3,885 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | New Richmond Quebec | 3,947 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 11 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré Quebec | 4,009 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard Quebec | 3,974 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 14 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson Quebec | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Watford Ontario | 3,955 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 L'Islet in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area L'Islet is part of, 17,800 residents, recorded about 210 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.
And about 190 property crimes, plus 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.
Crime in the places around L'Islet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Islet | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| Saint-Aubert | 1,387 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; L'Islet shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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. 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.”
Questions about safety in L'Islet
Is L'Islet safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 43.7 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where L'Islet stands, with 11.5 violent and 10.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in L'Islet?
Assault is the most common, at 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (3.6) and fraud (3.6).
Is crime going up in L'Islet?
Yes: the index rose 18%, from 41.4 in 2023 to 48.8 in 2025.
How much of L'Islet’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 56%: 77% for violent crime and 36% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving L'Islet 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).