Photo: Sylfred1977 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mont-Laurier records more crime per resident than 61% of Canadian towns
Across Quebec’s towns, the middle index is 56.1. On top of that, a Crime Severity Index of 73.1, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. Measured on crime the police covering Mont-Laurier reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C+: #369 of 503 in Quebec. Violence and property crime split as 20.5 violent incidents and 16.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Antoine-Labelle MRC.
What stands out about safety in Mont-Laurier
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 62% for Mont-Laurier (82% violent, 41% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Sexual assault: high for a town its size
Mont-Laurier records 1.6 incidents of sexual assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Mont-Laurier is 29th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Mont-Laurier scores 131 for violence and 50.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Mont-Laurier’s C+ for safety
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: #369 of 503 in Quebec and #1,539 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Mont-Laurier, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Mont-Laurier runs highest on sexual assault (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.8), drug offences (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.8) and assault (10 per 1,000 against 6.6). 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 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 35.3 | 0.9 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.7 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 8.3 | 0.2 | 96% |
| Other violent violations | 18.3 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 86.3 | 2.3 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20.3 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73 | 1.9 | 27% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 28% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 155 | 4.1 | 49% |
| Mischief | 116.7 | 3.1 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 17.7 | 0.5 | 77% |
| Administration of justice violations | 146.3 | 3.9 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 0.5 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 63.3 | 1.7 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 93.3 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 70 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Mont-Laurier stands 29th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Saint-Amable Quebec | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 12 | Sainte-Marie Quebec | 13,873 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 13 | Prévost Quebec | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Lacombe Alberta | 14,733 | 61.7 | 47.6 | B− |
| 27 | Gravenhurst Ontario | 14,576 | 65.4 | 90.3 | B− |
| 28 | Colchester County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 14,211 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| 29 | Mont-Laurier Quebec | 14,598 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| 30 | Beauharnois Quebec | 15,285 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 31 | Lachute Quebec | 15,469 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 32 | Whistler British Columbia | 15,090 | 83.8 | 82.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Mont-Laurier in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Mont-Laurier’s index rose 5% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 78.4, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 68.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Mont-Laurier | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 78.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 68.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Mont-Laurier, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 770 violent incidents a year in the 38,200-resident police area around Mont-Laurier, 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 630 property crimes and 450 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Mont-Laurier
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Laurier | 14,598 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Lac-des-Écorces | 3,005 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
| Ferme-Neuve | 2,816 | 73.1 | 131 | C+ |
The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Mont-Laurier shares it with its neighbours.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Mont-Laurier
Is Mont-Laurier safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 73.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: that is where Mont-Laurier stands, with 20.5 violent and 16.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Mont-Laurier?
Assault is the most common, at 10 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (5.1) and Criminal Code traffic offences (5).
Is crime going up in Mont-Laurier?
Yes: the index rose 5%, from 68.6 in 2023 to 72.3 in 2025.
How much of Mont-Laurier’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 62%: 82% for violent crime and 41% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Mont-Laurier 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).