Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Val-des-Monts records less crime than 95% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 51.6 and other offences to 20.8, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Annual rates stand at 8.4 violent incidents and 7.2 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Val-des-Monts reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A+ for safety: #10 of 503 in Quebec. None of the 5 towns next door with figures records less 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Collines-de-l'Outaouais Region service area.
What stands out about safety in Val-des-Monts
Below Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 29.4 in Val-des-Monts. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Val-des-Monts stands 4th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Val-des-Monts’s police clear 49%, 67% of violent crime and 32% of the rest. Questions ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Val-des-Monts’s index splits into violent crime, 51.6 here and 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 20.8 against 56. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Val-des-Monts’s grade
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Val-des-Monts, by type
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 8 | 0.1 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 62.3 | 1.1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.1 | 72% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40.7 | 0.7 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 14 | 0.2 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 83.3 | 1.4 | 28% |
| Mischief | 74 | 1.3 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 8.3 | 0.1 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 68.7 | 1.2 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 0.2 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 30 | 0.5 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 96.3 | 1.7 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 21.7 | 0.4 | 35% |
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.
Val-des-Monts is 4th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Rockwood Ontario | 14,870 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 3 | Mount Forest Ontario | 14,407 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Central Elgin Ontario | 15,230 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 6 | Warman Saskatchewan | 14,245 | 32.3 | 41.7 | A |
| 7 | Long Sault Ontario | 14,602 | 36.9 | 47.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Amable Quebec | 14,119 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie Quebec | 13,873 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 12 | Prévost Quebec | 14,275 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| 13 | Pincourt Quebec | 15,220 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 Val-des-Monts in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Val-des-Monts: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 31.3; the lightest was 2025, at 26.5. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Val-des-Monts | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 30.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 31.3 | 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 Val-des-Monts, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
58,700 residents, about 490 violent incidents a year: the police area Val-des-Monts 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.
Add about 410 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.
Crime in the places around Val-des-Monts
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-des-Monts | 14,473 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| Des Vallées | 3,575 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| Cantley | 12,291 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| Du Moulin | 30,364 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| Rivière-Blanche | 23,089 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| La Cité | 30,930 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
| Les Rapides | 15,090 | 67.5 | 100.1 | B− |
Val-des-Monts has the lowest index of the places around it. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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 regional police service. The service that polices Val-des-Monts reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- Reading the number. 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 Val-des-Monts
Is Val-des-Monts safe?
Against a typical 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Val-des-Monts’s Crime Severity Index stands at 29.4 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8.4 violent incidents and 7.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Val-des-Monts?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.1, Criminal Code traffic offences at 2.3 and fraud at 2.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Val-des-Monts?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 31.3 to 26.5.
How much of Val-des-Monts’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 49% of crime (67% of violent crime, 32% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Val-des-Monts 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).