Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Mirabel than in 67% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 8.7 violent incidents and 13.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 57.3 and its non-violent half to 47.6, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Mirabel reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #173 of 503 in Quebec. One of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Mirabel
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Mirabel places 12th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Mirabel’s index of 50.1 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Mirabel records 2.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. 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’s behind Mirabel’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: #173 of 503 in Quebec and #547 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.
Which crimes make up Mirabel’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Mirabel runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (0.5 per 1,000 against 0.04) and drug offences (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 21.7 | 0.3 | 80% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 12.7 | 0.1 | 87% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7 | 0.08 | 57% |
| Robbery | 9 | 0.1 | 59% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7.3 | 0.09 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 12.7 | 0.1 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 133 | 1.6 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 154 | 1.8 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 45 | 0.5 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 359.3 | 4.2 | 21% |
| Mischief | 171.3 | 2 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 0.1 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 101 | 1.2 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.2 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 207 | 2.4 | 10% |
| Impaired driving | 98 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 158.7 | 1.8 | 13% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Mirabel comes 12th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgetown Ontario | 68,265 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 9 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 45.7 | 79.3 | A− |
| 10 | Simcoe Ontario | 75,618 | 47 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 11 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| 13 | Châteauguay Quebec | 53,508 | 50.6 | 85.7 | B+ |
| 14 | Aurora Ontario | 67,385 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| 15 | Stouffville Ontario | 58,010 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Granby Quebec | 72,180 | 62.6 | 92.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Drummondville Quebec | 85,560 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Mirabel in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 750 violent incidents a year on Mirabel’s police records (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 1,190 property crimes and 650 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Mirabel: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 51.1, and its lowest 2025, at 48.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mirabel | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 50.4 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 51.1 | 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 Mirabel, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Mirabel
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| Blainville | 61,739 | 34.9 | 41.4 | A |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | — | — | — |
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
Mirabel sits above 4 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 5.7 km away, Blainville comes to 34.9, against 50.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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 Mirabel
Is Mirabel safe?
Statistics Canada puts Mirabel at 50.1 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 8.7 and property crimes at 13.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Mirabel?
Assault is the most common, at 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (4.2) and Criminal Code traffic offences (3.5).
Is crime going up in Mirabel?
Barely: 51.1 in 2023, 48.9 in 2025.
How much of Mirabel’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 35%: 70% for violent crime and 18% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Mirabel’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).