Photo: Vintotal · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Senneterre runs higher than in 79% of Canadian towns
The index held steady between 2023 (102) and 2025 (104.9). Measured on crime the police covering Senneterre reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #484 of 503 in Quebec. Its violent half comes to 183.5 and its non-violent half to 72.5, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, 29.2 violent incidents and 25.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Vallée-de-l'Or MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Senneterre
Assault: high for a town its size
Senneterre records 15.8 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Senneterre’s police clear 58%, 72% of violent crime and 44% of the rest. Questions ↓
Over the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Senneterre, 103.6. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Senneterre’s index splits into violent crime, 183.5 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 72.5 against 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.
Senneterre: 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: #484 of 503 in Quebec and #1,936 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 Senneterre, by type
Against the typical town its size, Senneterre runs highest on drug offences (2.5 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (15.8 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (3.8 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 52.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 48 | 1.1 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 0.1 | 52% |
| Robbery | 17.7 | 0.4 | 60% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 20 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Other violent violations | 21.3 | 0.5 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 163 | 3.8 | 39% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 0.4 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 64 | 1.5 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 24.3 | 0.6 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 389.3 | 9.1 | 49% |
| Mischief | 200.7 | 4.7 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 23.3 | 0.5 | 67% |
| Administration of justice violations | 235.3 | 5.5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 40.7 | 1 | 72% |
| Drug violations | 109 | 2.5 | 64% |
| Impaired driving | 171.7 | 4 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 116 | 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.
Senneterre comes 34th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 6 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Grimshaw Alberta | 2,799 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 32 | Black River-Matheson Ontario | 2,899 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| 33 | Rosthern No. 403 Saskatchewan | 2,791 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
| 34 | Senneterre Quebec | 2,832 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| 35 | Harbour Grace Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,872 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| 36 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 117.4 | 205.8 | C− |
| 37 | Saint-Anicet Quebec | 2,854 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Senneterre in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 1,250 violent incidents a year across the police area of 43,000 residents that includes Senneterre, 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 1,080 property crimes, plus 760 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Senneterre, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 104.9, with 2023 the lightest at 102. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Senneterre | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 103.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 102 | 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 Senneterre, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Senneterre
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senneterre | 2,832 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Senneterre (15 km) | 1,189 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| Barraute (31 km) | 1,939 | 78.7 | 145.2 | C |
| Lac Simon (37 km) | 1,403 | 794.3 | 1,940.4 | D− |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Senneterre. Closest is Barraute, 30.7 km away, at 78.7 to 103.6 here. 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. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–37 km from Senneterre.
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.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Senneterre shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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 Senneterre
Is Senneterre safe?
Its police recorded 29.2 violent incidents and 25.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Senneterre a Crime Severity Index of 103.6. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Senneterre?
Assault is the most common, at 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (9.1) and Criminal Code traffic offences (7.6).
Is crime going up in Senneterre?
The index stayed close to where it was, 102 in 2023 and 104.9 in 2025.
How much of Senneterre’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 72% of violent crime and 44% of everything else, 58% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Senneterre 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).