Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Per resident, Maricourt records less crime than 64% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 69.5 for violence and 47.8 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). The index held steady between 2023 (55.1) and 2025 (52.8). Graded on crime the police covering Maricourt reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B for safety: #182 of 503 in Quebec. On top of that, in a usual year, 9.2 violent incidents and 18.1 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 10.8 and 25.1.
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. Crime severity and crime rate for the Longueuil service area.
The grade: B for Maricourt
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Maricourt can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
Longueuil’s crime, type 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.
Maricourt, 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. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Maricourt | 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 Maricourt, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Maricourt
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maricourt | 14,407 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Nouveau Greenfield Park | 6,199 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Iberville | 17,988 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Laurendeau | 27,321 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Saint-Robert | 9,186 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Roberval | 2,536 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| Laflèche | 19,706 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Maricourt carries the city-wide figures.
- 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. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Maricourt
Is Maricourt safe?
Maricourt measures 53.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 9.2 violent incidents and 18.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Maricourt?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 6.8, assault at 4.5 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Maricourt?
Not much: the index went from 55.1 in 2023 to 52.8 in 2025.
How much of Maricourt’s crime do police solve?
About 36% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 56% of violent and 24% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ 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).