Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Maniwaki runs higher than in 74% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 95.6 to 83.8. Still, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Maniwaki reported put it at C for safety: #482 of 503 in Quebec. In a usual year, 27.4 violent incidents and 20.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. Split in two, the index gives 152.3 for violence and 66.7 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8).
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, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC.
What stands out about safety in Maniwaki
Assault: high for a town its size
Maniwaki records 15.9 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 ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 59% for Maniwaki (75% violent, 45% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Over the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Maniwaki, 90.6. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Maniwaki comes 32nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Maniwaki’s grade
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: #482 of 503 in Quebec and #1,813 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 Maniwaki, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Maniwaki runs highest on drug offences (2 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (15.9 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.9). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.7 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.8 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Breaking and entering | 88.3 | 4.3 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11 | 0.5 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 45.7 | 2.2 | 26% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13.3 | 0.7 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 83.3 | 4.1 | 36% |
| Mischief | 98 | 4.8 | 46% |
| Weapons violations | 15.3 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 112 | 5.5 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.7 | 87% |
| Drug violations | 41.3 | 2 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 46.3 | 2.3 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 22.3 | 1.1 | 21% |
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.
Maniwaki comes 32nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 4 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 5 | Sainte-Claire Quebec | 3,724 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | L'Islet Quebec | 3,874 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Pincher Creek Alberta | 3,890 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| 30 | Salisbury New Brunswick | 3,806 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 31 | Studholm New Brunswick | 3,668 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 32 | Maniwaki Quebec | 3,803 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| 33 | Lake Cowichan British Columbia | 3,757 | 94.9 | 158.7 | C− |
| 34 | Lamont County Alberta | 3,918 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 35 | Pasadena Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,930 | 96.2 | 98.9 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cowichan Bay British Columbia | 3,713 | 131.7 | 149.7 | 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 Maniwaki in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Maniwaki, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (95.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 83.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Maniwaki | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 92.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 95.6 | 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 Maniwaki, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 560 violent incidents a year in the 20,600-resident police area around Maniwaki, 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.
And about 420 property crimes, plus 280 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Maniwaki
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maniwaki | 3,803 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Kitigan Zibi | 1,261 | 188.2 | 388.1 | D |
| Déléage | 2,047 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| Messines | 1,691 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
Same police, same number: 2 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
- 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. 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.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Maniwaki 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.
Questions about safety in Maniwaki
Is Maniwaki safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 90.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Maniwaki stands, with 27.4 violent and 20.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Maniwaki?
Police record assault most, 15.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (7.3) and mischief (4.8).
Is crime going up in Maniwaki?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 95.6 to 83.8.
How much of Maniwaki’s crime do police solve?
59%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 75% and non-violent crime at 45%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Maniwaki 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).