Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Upper Lachine than in 67% of Canadian towns
The index held steady between 2023 (81.4) and 2025 (78.4). On crime the police covering Upper Lachine reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 115.7 and 66.9. Property crime runs at 12.1 per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12 for the typical Montréal neighbourhood.
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.
What’s behind Upper Lachine’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Upper Lachine’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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.
What Montréal’s police record, 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 Upper Lachine compares across Montréal
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Robbery per 1,000 a year
Of 77 Montréal neighbourhoods, Upper Lachine comes 41st counting from the lowest rate: above 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 |
| … | |||
| 39 | Parc-Extension | 12 | 1 |
| 40 | Snowdon | 12 | 1.5 |
| 41 | Upper Lachine | 12.1 | 0.9 |
| 42 | Marie-Victorin | 12.2 | 0.6 |
| 43 | Lorimier | 12.3 | 0.7 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Upper Lachine, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 81.4, against a low of 78.4 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Upper Lachine | 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 Upper Lachine, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Upper Lachine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Hampstead | 7,464 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Ville-Émard | 13,826 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Westmount | 20,377 | 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
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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. 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.
Questions about safety in Upper Lachine
Is Upper Lachine safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Upper Lachine scores 80.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 15.4 violent and 29.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Upper Lachine?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 11.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (8.2) and fraud (5.4).
Is crime going up in Upper Lachine?
Hardly at all, from 81.4 in 2023 to 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Upper Lachine’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 32% of crime (49% of violent crime, 21% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ clears 38%.
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).