Photo: Steven.Pigeon · Public domainPer resident, Oka records more crime than 70% of Canadian towns
Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. On top of that, by 2025 the index had climbed to 85.2, up from 80.5 in 2023. That puts it at C for safety, judged on crime the police covering Oka reported from 2023 to 2025: #481 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 129.3 and other offences to 65.3, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Deux-Montagnes MRC.
What stands out about safety in Oka
Above Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 83 in Oka. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Oka stands 29th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 46% for Oka (66% violent, 29% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Oka scores 129.3 for violence and 65.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Oka’s grade
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: #481 of 503 in Quebec and #1,764 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.
Crime in Oka, type by type
Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 12.3 | 1.6 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 17.3 | 2.2 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20.3 | 2.6 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 4.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 31.3 | 4 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 13.7 | 1.7 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 1.7 | 20% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 0.8 | 38% |
| Impaired driving | 11 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 21.3 | 2.7 | 15% |
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.
Oka is 29th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 9 | Beaupré Quebec | 4,314 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Carleton-sur-Mer Quebec | 4,175 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-Ambroise Quebec | 4,262 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 27 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 4,279 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 28 | Victoria County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 4,258 | 82.8 | 120.7 | C |
| 29 | Oka Quebec | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| 30 | Claresholm Alberta | 4,242 | 91.1 | 68.1 | C |
| 31 | Prescott Ontario | 4,342 | 111.5 | 167.1 | C− |
| 32 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Oka in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Oka is part of, 7,940 residents, recorded about 110 violent incidents a year (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.
And about 160 property crimes, plus 86 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Oka, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (85.2); 2023 was the low point, at 80.5. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Oka | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 83.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 80.5 | 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 Oka, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Oka
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oka | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Pointe-Calumet | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | 1,340 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
Oka has the highest index of the places around it. Just 6.7 km away, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac comes to 30.8, against 83. One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Oka 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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Oka
Is Oka safe?
Its police recorded 13.5 violent incidents and 20.3 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Oka a Crime Severity Index of 83. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Oka?
The three biggest groups are assault at 6.9, Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.8 and theft under $5,000 at 4.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Oka?
Up 6%: 80.5 in 2023, 85.2 in 2025.
How much of Oka’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 66% of violent crime and 29% of everything else, 46% 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 Oka 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).