Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 2.0Maliotenam has more crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 870.6 and 151.1. That puts it at D− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Maliotenam reported from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 163.6 violent incidents and 52.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 published for the Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam service area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Maliotenam
Assault: high for a town its size
Maliotenam records 96.1 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier on violence
Maliotenam’s index splits into violent crime, 870.6 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 151.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Quebec’s middle
Maliotenam’s index of 354.4 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Maliotenam’s police clear 58%, 62% of violent crime and 50% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Maliotenam: D− for safety, and why
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Maliotenam, by type
Against the typical town its size, Maliotenam runs highest on assault (96.1 per 1,000 against 6.7), sexual assault (7.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and drug offences (6.3 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.7 | 5 | 32% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 22 | 6.6 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 1.9 | 79% |
| Other violent violations | 11.3 | 3.4 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 22.7 | 6.8 | 44% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 2.6 | 43% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 65.3 | 19.6 | 55% |
| Mischief | 50.7 | 15.2 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 1.7 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 97 | 29.1 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 3.6 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 21 | 6.3 | 46% |
| Impaired driving | 12.3 | 3.7 | 87% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3.3 | 1 | — |
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 people or more.
About 550 violent incidents a year across the police area of 3,380 residents that includes Maliotenam, 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.
Property crime adds about 170 a year and other violations 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Maliotenam’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 410.1; the lightest was 2023, at 279.7. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Maliotenam | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 410.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 373.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 279.7 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Maliotenam, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Maliotenam
One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. About 3,377 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A wider service area. Maliotenam is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Maliotenam
Is Maliotenam safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 354.4 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Maliotenam stands, with 163.6 violent and 52.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Maliotenam?
Most often it is assault: 96.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 36.4 and theft under $5,000 at 19.6.
Is crime going up in Maliotenam?
Yes: the index rose 47%, from 279.7 in 2023 to 410.1 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Maliotenam’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 58% of crime (62% of violent crime, 50% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Maliotenam and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).