Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Puvirnituq records more crime than almost every Canadian town
About 64% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 2,056.5 and 312.7. Its Safety Grade is D−, on crime the police covering Puvirnituq reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, each year brought 447.5 violent incidents and 87.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+).
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Nunavik Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Puvirnituq
Assault: high for a town its size
Puvirnituq records 227.4 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Puvirnituq moved from 659.6 to 956.3, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Heavier on violence
Puvirnituq’s index splits into violent crime, 2,056.5 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 312.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Puvirnituq, 805.8. 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.
Inside Puvirnituq’s D− for safety
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Puvirnituq’s index rose 45% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (956.3); the lightest was 2023 (659.6). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Puvirnituq | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 956.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 801.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 659.6 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Puvirnituq, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What police record in Puvirnituq, by type
Against the typical town its size, Puvirnituq runs highest on assault (227.4 per 1,000 against 6.7), sexual assault (20.7 per 1,000 against 0.8) and mischief (54.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 85.7 | 5.9 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 261.3 | 18 | 69% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 51.7 | 3.6 | 70% |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 72% |
| Breaking and entering | 221.3 | 15.2 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 74.7 | 5.1 | 32% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 120 | 8.3 | 32% |
| Mischief | 788 | 54.2 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 85 | 5.9 | 31% |
| Administration of justice violations | 615 | 42.3 | 61% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 255.3 | 17.6 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 44% |
| Impaired driving | 589.3 | 40.7 | 39% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 23 | 1.6 | 51% |
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 people or more.
Around 6,510 violent incidents a year in the 14,600-resident police area around Puvirnituq, 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 1,270 property crimes and 1,930 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
- One service, several municipalities. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Puvirnituq included.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Puvirnituq
Is Puvirnituq safe?
Puvirnituq measures 805.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 447.5 violent incidents and 87.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Puvirnituq?
Most often it is assault: 227.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 77.1 and mischief at 54.2.
Is crime going up in Puvirnituq?
Yes: the index rose 45%, from 659.6 in 2023 to 956.3 in 2025.
How much of Puvirnituq’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 64% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 72% of violent and 45% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Puvirnituq 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).