Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Pointe-Calumet records less crime than 95% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Pointe-Calumet reported put it at A+ for safety: #10 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 8.7 violent incidents and 6.9 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 56.8 for violence and 20.7 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Its 3 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident.
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. Measured across the Lac des Deux-Montagnes service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Pointe-Calumet
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Pointe-Calumet’s police clear 57%, 72% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than most of Quebec
Pointe-Calumet’s index of 30.8 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Pointe-Calumet’s index splits into violent crime, 56.8 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 20.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Pointe-Calumet places 5th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Pointe-Calumet: A+ for safety, and why
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: #10 of 503 in Quebec and #110 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.
What police record in Pointe-Calumet, by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.3 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 5 | 0.09 | 66% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.10 | 89% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 33.7 | 0.6 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 0.1 | 48% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 46.3 | 0.9 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 24% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 91.3 | 1.7 | 36% |
| Mischief | 53.7 | 1 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.09 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 69.7 | 1.3 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 0.1 | 63% |
| Drug violations | 39.3 | 0.7 | 89% |
| Impaired driving | 61 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 50.7 | 0.9 | 24% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Pointe-Calumet places 5th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Glencoe Ontario | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Pontiac Quebec | 6,490 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Pointe-Calumet Quebec | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| 6 | Lanark Highlands Ontario | 6,370 | 33.1 | 38.8 | A |
| 7 | Mildmay Ontario | 6,247 | 33.7 | 38.7 | A |
| 8 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 37.7 | 46.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 11 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Quebec | 6,613 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| 12 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Pointe-Calumet in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Pointe-Calumet is part of, 54,300 residents, recorded about 470 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.
Add about 370 property crimes and 260 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Pointe-Calumet: up 7%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 31.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 29.4. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pointe-Calumet | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 31.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 29.4 | 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 Pointe-Calumet, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Pointe-Calumet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Calumet | 6,427 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Oka | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Deux-Montagnes | 18,516 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
The places around Pointe-Calumet all score higher on the index. Same police, same number: 3 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- A wider service area. Pointe-Calumet is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Pointe-Calumet
Is Pointe-Calumet safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Pointe-Calumet scores 30.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.7 violent and 6.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Pointe-Calumet?
Police record assault most, 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (2.4) and fraud (2.3).
Is crime going up in Pointe-Calumet?
Up 7%: 29.4 in 2023, 31.3 in 2025.
How much of Pointe-Calumet’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 72% of violent crime and 41% of everything else, 57% 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 Pointe-Calumet 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).