Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Pierrefonds-Est than in 67% of Canadian towns
Steady over the three years, the index read 81.4 in 2023 and 78.4 in 2025. Counting crime the police covering Pierrefonds-Est reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. 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+.
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 and crime rate numbers here cover the Montréal service area.
The grade: C for Pierrefonds-Est
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Pierrefonds-Est can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
Where Pierrefonds-Est sits within Montréal
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Robbery per 1,000 a year
Of 77 Montréal neighbourhoods, Pierrefonds-Est comes 5th 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 |
| 6 | Loyola | 6.6 | 0.6 |
| 7 | Chameran/Montpellier | 6.7 | 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.
Montréal’s crime, type 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.
Pierrefonds-Est, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 81.4, and its lowest 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 | Pierrefonds-Est | 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 Pierrefonds-Est, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Pierrefonds-Est
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Sainte-Dorothée | 38,183 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Laval-Ouest | 11,034 | 56.1 | 82.7 | B |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Pierrefonds-Est. Sainte-Dorothée, 2.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 56.1 to 80.3. 4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Pierrefonds-Est
Is Pierrefonds-Est safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 80.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Pierrefonds-Est stands, with 15.4 violent and 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Pierrefonds-Est?
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 Pierrefonds-Est?
Not much: the index went from 81.4 in 2023 to 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Pierrefonds-Est’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 32% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 49% of violent and 21% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).