Photo: Emdx · CC BY-SA 4.0Mistissini sees more crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Mistissini reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #487 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, its Crime Severity Index averaged 103.6 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Out of every 1,000 residents, 34.8 violent incidents and 20.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 for the Eeyou Eenou Cree Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Mistissini
Assault: high for a town its size
Mistissini records 20.6 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 severe than in 2023
From 35 in 2023 to 145.4 in 2025: that is Mistissini’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 103.6 in Mistissini. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Mistissini scores 197.1 for violence and 67.1 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 Mistissini’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: #487 of 503 in Quebec and #1,949 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.
In Mistissini, up 316% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 145.4; the lightest was 2023, at 35. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mistissini | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 130.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 35 | 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 Mistissini, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Mistissini, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Mistissini runs highest on assault (20.6 per 1,000 against 6.7), mischief (11.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.7). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8 | 0.4 | 34% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 37 | 1.9 | 43% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Breaking and entering | 86.3 | 4.5 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31.7 | 1.6 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.5 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20 | 1 | 7% |
| Mischief | 224.7 | 11.7 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 0.5 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 114 | 5.9 | 34% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 44.3 | 2.3 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 27.3 | 1.4 | 40% |
| Impaired driving | 80 | 4.2 | 51% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.6 | 11% |
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.
Mistissini comes 29th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Pasadena Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,930 | 96.2 | 98.9 | C− |
| 27 | Fort Macleod Alberta | 3,945 | 96.7 | 83.9 | C− |
| 28 | Woodlands Manitoba | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| 29 | Mistissini Quebec | 4,067 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| 30 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,103 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| 31 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 32 | Northern Lights County Alberta | 4,115 | 119.8 | 132.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Mistissini in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
19,400 residents, about 670 violent incidents a year: the police area Mistissini belongs to, 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 400 property crimes, plus 320 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 Mistissini
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistissini | 4,067 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| Chibougamau (66 km) | 7,273 | 128.7 | 264.7 | D |
| Chapais (100 km) | 1,392 | 128.7 | 264.7 | D |
| Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (145 km) | 1,225 | 166.4 | 274.8 | D |
Mistissini has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 66–145 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Mistissini.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A regional police service. Mistissini is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
Questions about safety in Mistissini
Is Mistissini safe?
The short answer is an index of 103.6 for Mistissini (2023–2025), built from 34.8 violent incidents and 20.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Mistissini?
Top of the list is assault (20.6 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 11.7, and other Criminal Code offences, at 10, follow.
Is crime going up in Mistissini?
Yes: the index rose 316%, from 35 in 2023 to 145.4 in 2025.
How much of Mistissini’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 36% of crime (41% of violent crime, 26% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Mistissini 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).