Photo: Montréal-Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Montréal-Est than in 67% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 115.7 and other offences to 66.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. The Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crime the police covering Montréal-Est reported through 2023 to 2025: #396 of 503 in Quebec. What’s more, each year brought 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Steady over the three years, the index read 81.4 in 2023 and 78.4 in 2025.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Montréal service area.
What stands out about safety in Montréal-Est
Above Quebec’s typical town
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Montréal-Est scores 80.3. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Montréal-Est is 29th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Montréal-Est records 4.3 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C for Montréal-Est, and how it is built
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: #396 of 503 in Quebec and #1,643 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.
Which crimes make up Montréal-Est’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Montréal-Est runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.5), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.6) and drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.7). Theft under $5,000 and mischief sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 32 | 0.02 | 65% |
| Sexual violations against children | 412.3 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 932.7 | 0.4 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 210.3 | 0.10 | 38% |
| Robbery | 2,329.3 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 371 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Other violent violations | 732.7 | 0.3 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 6,567 | 3.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 667 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9,140 | 4.3 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,353 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25,416 | 11.8 | 17% |
| Mischief | 6,913.3 | 3.2 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 510 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 6,916.3 | 3.2 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1,578.7 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 2,470.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 1,728 | 0.8 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6,866.3 | 3.2 | 8% |
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.
Montréal-Est is 29th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Quebec | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Morin-Heights Quebec | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 11 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Warwick Quebec | 4,939 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Hearst Ontario | 5,032 | 74.2 | 97.9 | C+ |
| 27 | Gibsons British Columbia | 5,090 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 28 | Montréal-Ouest Quebec | 5,197 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Montréal-Est Quebec | 5,112 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Sussex New Brunswick | 4,994 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 31 | Marystown Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,196 | 90.8 | 93 | C |
| 32 | Annapolis County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 5,086 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Montréal-Est in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 33,000 violent incidents a year in the 2,172,300-resident police area around Montréal-Est, 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 62,300 property crimes and 22,100 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Montréal-Est, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 81.4 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 78.4 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Montréal-Est | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 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 Montréal-Est, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Montréal-Est
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montréal-Est | 5,112 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Tétreaultville | 19,390 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | 49,869 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dupéré | 15,036 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Beaurivage | 13,574 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Anjou | 43,243 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- 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 policing. Montréal-Est is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Montréal-Est
Is Montréal-Est safe?
Montréal-Est measures 80.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Montréal-Est?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (8.2) and fraud (5.4).
Is crime going up in Montréal-Est?
Not much: the index went from 81.4 in 2023 to 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Montréal-Est’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 49% of violent crime and 21% of everything else, 32% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Montréal-Est 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).