Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Pointe-Claire than in 67% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 115.7 and other offences for 66.9, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Graded on crime the police covering Pointe-Claire reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C for safety: #396 of 503 in Quebec. Its police logs show 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.0 and 30.5. Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 81.4 to 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. Shared with the rest of the Montréal service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Pointe-Claire
Robbery: high for a town its size
Pointe-Claire records 1.1 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Pointe-Claire’s index of 80.3 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Pointe-Claire places 27th 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-Claire: C 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: #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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Pointe-Claire’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Pointe-Claire runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.6), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). 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 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Pointe-Claire is 27th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 4 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 7 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| 25 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| 26 | Côte-Saint-Luc Quebec | 37,901 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 27 | Pointe-Claire Quebec | 37,437 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 28 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 82.8 | 70.5 | C |
| 29 | Orillia Ontario | 37,735 | 98.5 | 146.3 | C− |
| 30 | North Cowichan British Columbia | 34,525 | 99 | 124 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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-Claire in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
2,172,300 residents, about 33,000 violent incidents a year: the police area Pointe-Claire belongs to, 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.
Property crime adds about 62,300 a year and other violations 22,100 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Pointe-Claire, 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. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pointe-Claire | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Pointe-Claire, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Pointe-Claire
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Dorval | 21,062 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
6 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
- One service, several municipalities. Pointe-Claire is policed by a service that covers other municipalities too, and Statistics Canada reports the service as a whole.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Pointe-Claire
Is Pointe-Claire safe?
Statistics Canada puts Pointe-Claire at 80.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 15.4 and property crimes at 29.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Pointe-Claire?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 11.8, assault at 8.2 and fraud at 5.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Pointe-Claire?
Hardly at all, from 81.4 in 2023 to 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Pointe-Claire’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 its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Pointe-Claire together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).