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Violence accounts for an index of 870.6 and other offences for 151.1, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Police counts work out at 163.6 violent incidents and 52.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2.
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 Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam service area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Uashat 27
Assault: high for a town its size
Uashat 27 records 96.1 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 ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Uashat 27’s index splits into violent crime, 870.6 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 151.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Over the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 354.4 in Uashat 27. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Uashat 27’s police clear 58%, 62% of violent crime and 50% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Uashat 27’s D−
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.
What police record in Uashat 27, by type
Against the typical town its size, Uashat 27 runs highest on assault (96.1 per 1,000 against 6.7), sexual assault (7.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and drug offences (6.3 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 16.7 | 5 | 32% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 22 | 6.6 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.3 | 1.9 | 79% |
| Other violent violations | 11.3 | 3.4 | 65% |
| Breaking and entering | 22.7 | 6.8 | 44% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 2.6 | 43% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 65.3 | 19.6 | 55% |
| Mischief | 50.7 | 15.2 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 1.7 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 97 | 29.1 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12 | 3.6 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 21 | 6.3 | 46% |
| Impaired driving | 12.3 | 3.7 | 87% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3.3 | 1 | — |
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.
About 550 violent incidents a year across the police area of 3,380 residents that includes Uashat 27, 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 170 property crimes, plus 160 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Uashat 27’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 410.1, with 2023 the lightest at 279.7. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Uashat 27 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 410.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 373.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 279.7 | 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 Uashat 27, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Uashat 27
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uashat 27 | 1,694 | 354.4 | 870.6 | D− |
| Sept-Îles | 24,483 | 103.9 | 209.6 | C− |
| Maliotenam | 1,683 | 354.4 | 870.6 | D− |
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
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 3,377 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Shared policing. The service that polices Uashat 27 reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
Questions about safety in Uashat 27
Is Uashat 27 safe?
Statistics Canada puts Uashat 27 at 354.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 163.6 and property crimes at 52.2 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Uashat 27?
Most often it is assault: 96.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 36.4 and theft under $5,000 at 19.6.
Is crime going up in Uashat 27?
Yes: the index rose 47%, from 279.7 in 2023 to 410.1 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Uashat 27’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 58% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 62% of violent crime and 50% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Uashat 27 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).