Recorded crime per resident is lower in Laflèche than in 64% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 55.1 then 52.8. Its Safety Grade is B, on crime the police covering Laflèche reported from 2023 to 2025: #182 of 503 in Quebec. For every 1,000 residents, 9.2 violent incidents and 18.1 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, the figures are 10.8 and 25.1. Split in two, the index gives 69.5 for violence and 47.8 for everything else (normally 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 behind the crime severity and crime rate figures: the Longueuil service area.
Laflèche: B for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Laflèche itself compares.
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.
Laflèche, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 55.1, against a low of 52.8 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Laflèche | 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 Laflèche, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Laflèche
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laflèche | 19,706 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Robert | 9,186 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Vieux Greenfield Park | 10,998 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Nouveau Greenfield Park | 6,199 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Jean-Vianney | 13,181 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Lemoyne | 5,052 | 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
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. The figures for Laflèche are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Laflèche
Is Laflèche safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Laflèche scores 53.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 9.2 violent and 18.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Laflèche?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (6.8 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 4.5, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 3.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Laflèche?
Not much: the index went from 55.1 in 2023 to 52.8 in 2025.
How much of Laflèche’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?
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).