Photo: Calvin411 · CC BY-SA 4.0Grenet has more crime per resident than 67% of Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 80.3 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Grenet reported put it at C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. The index held steady between 2023 (81.4) and 2025 (78.4).
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. Source area for crime severity and crime rate: the Montréal service area.
The C for Grenet, and how it is built
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Grenet alone.
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 50,000 people or more.
Crime across Montréal, by type
These are Montréal’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Montréal runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.4), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 1.7) and assault (8.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). Mischief sits 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 are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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.
How Grenet compares across Montréal
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Robbery per 1,000 a year
Of 77 Montréal neighbourhoods, Grenet comes 15th counting from the lowest rate: below the typical one.
Montréal’s neighbourhoods, lowest rate first
| # | Neighbourhood | Property | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-des-Soeurs | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| 2 | René-Goupil | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| 3 | L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| 4 | Sault-Saint-Louis | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Pierrefonds-Est | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| … | |||
| 13 | Petite-Côte | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| 14 | Dutrisac | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| 15 | Grenet | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| 16 | Rivière-des-Prairies | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| 17 | Desmarchais-Crawford | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| … | |||
| 73 | Saint-Henri | 24.5 | 2 |
| 74 | Hochelaga | 26 | 1.4 |
| 75 | Saint-Louis | 34.9 | 1.1 |
| 76 | Vieux-Montréal | 55.7 | 0.9 |
| 77 | René-Lévesque | 69.2 | 6.3 |
SPVM, Actes criminels (CC BY 4.0, Ville de Montréal), 2023–2025, placed in the quartiers: vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, mischief, break and enter (property) and robbery. Points are moved to an intersection by the SPVM.
The SPVM’s neighbourhood figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025: property crime and robbery only.
Grenet, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (81.4); the low point came in 2025, at 78.4. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Grenet | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 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 Grenet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Grenet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenet | 12,580 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dutrisac | 10,643 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Du College/Hodge | 22,329 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Chameran/Montpellier | 21,170 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Nouveau-Bordeaux | 30,171 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Cartierville | 24,617 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
6 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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 Grenet
Is Grenet safe?
Police-reported crime in Grenet scores 80.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Grenet?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (11.8 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 8.2, and fraud, at 5.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Grenet?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 81.4 to 78.4.
How much of Grenet’s crime do police solve?
About 32% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 21% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
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) · SPVM, Actes criminels (CC BY 4.0, Ville de Montréal) · 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).