Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Centre has less crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 69.5 and 47.8. A Safety Grade of B follows from crime the police covering Centre reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #182 of 503 in Quebec. Recorded violent incidents ran at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 18.1, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Steady over the three years, the index read 55.1 in 2023 and 52.8 in 2025.
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 Longueuil service area.
The grade: B for Centre
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Centre on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
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: #182 of 503 in Quebec and #652 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.
What Longueuil’s police record, by type
These are Longueuil’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Longueuil runs highest on motor vehicle theft (2.2 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 | 3.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 123.3 | 0.3 | 29% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 104.7 | 0.2 | 85% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 16.3 | 0.04 | 43% |
| Robbery | 203.3 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 31.3 | 0.07 | 83% |
| Other violent violations | 148.3 | 0.3 | 52% |
| Breaking and entering | 865.7 | 1.9 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 80 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 998.3 | 2.2 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 570.3 | 1.3 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,075.7 | 6.8 | 24% |
| Mischief | 855 | 1.9 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 77 | 0.2 | 60% |
| Administration of justice violations | 992.7 | 2.2 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 171 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 388.7 | 0.9 | 72% |
| Impaired driving | 494 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1,051.7 | 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.
Centre, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (55.1); the low point came in 2025, at 52.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Centre | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.8 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 53.3 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 55.1 | 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 Centre, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Centre
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | 6,627 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Bellerive | 4,393 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Sacré-Coeur | 20,375 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay | 21,776 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Carillon / Saint-Pie-X | 5,457 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Collectivité Nouvelle | 3,587 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Centre carries the city-wide figures.
- 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 crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Centre
Is Centre safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Centre comes to 53.7. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 9.2 violent incidents and 18.1 property crimes. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Centre?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (4.5) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.8).
Is crime going up in Centre?
Barely: 55.1 in 2023, 52.8 in 2025.
How much of Centre’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 36%: 56% for violent crime and 24% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).