Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Malartic than in 79% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 183.5 and 72.5. Violence and property crime split as 29.2 violent incidents and 25.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, that puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Malartic reported from 2023 to 2025: #484 of 503 in Quebec. Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 102 to 104.9.
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, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Vallée-de-l'Or MRC.
What stands out about safety in Malartic
Assault: high for a town its size
Malartic records 15.8 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 58% for Malartic (72% violent, 44% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Malartic, 103.6. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Malartic scores 183.5 for violence and 72.5 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.
What sits behind Malartic’s C−
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: #484 of 503 in Quebec and #1,936 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 Malartic, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Malartic runs highest on drug offences (2.5 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (15.8 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.9). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 48 | 1.1 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 0.1 | 52% |
| Robbery | 17.7 | 0.4 | 60% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Other violent violations | 21.3 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 163 | 3.8 | 39% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.4 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 64 | 1.5 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 24.3 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 389.3 | 9.1 | 49% |
| Mischief | 200.7 | 4.7 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 23.3 | 0.5 | 67% |
| Administration of justice violations | 235.3 | 5.5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 40.7 | 1 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 109 | 2.5 | 64% |
| Impaired driving | 171.7 | 4 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 116 | 2.7 | 15% |
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.
Malartic comes 34th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Morris Manitoba | 3,550 | 85.4 | 94.1 | C |
| 32 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,401 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 33 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part Ontario | 3,606 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| 34 | Malartic Quebec | 3,506 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| 35 | Three Hills Alberta | 3,502 | 110.8 | 105.9 | C− |
| 36 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 157.5 | 248.1 | D |
| 37 | Bifrost-Riverton Manitoba | 3,518 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Malartic in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,250 violent incidents a year in the 43,000-resident police area around Malartic, 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.
Add about 1,080 property crimes and 760 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Malartic, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 104.9 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 102. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Malartic | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 103.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 102 | 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 Malartic, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Malartic
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malartic | 3,506 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Rivière-Héva (7 km) | 1,567 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Val-d'Or (25 km) | 33,353 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Amos (49 km) | 12,773 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
| Barraute (49 km) | 1,939 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
The places around Malartic all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Amos (48.5 km away), scores 78.7 against 103.6. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Malartic has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–49 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Malartic among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- 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. 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.”
Questions about safety in Malartic
Is Malartic safe?
Malartic scores 103.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 29.2 violent incidents and 25.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Malartic?
The three biggest groups are assault at 15.8, theft under $5,000 at 9.1 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 7.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Malartic?
The index stayed close to where it was, 102 in 2023 and 104.9 in 2025.
How much of Malartic’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 58%: 72% for violent crime and 44% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Malartic and everywhere else it polices.
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).