Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Val-Morin records less crime per resident than 70% of Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 48.8 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Violence and property crime split as 11.9 violent incidents and 11.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Measured on crime the police covering Val-Morin reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B+: #154 of 503 in Quebec. Add to that, each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more 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. Shared with the rest of the Laurentides MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Val-Morin
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Val-Morin stood at 67.1, by 2025 at 34.2. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 61% for Val-Morin (80% violent, 46% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Val-Morin places 11th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Val-Morin’s index of 48.8 compares with 56.1 for the typical town in Quebec. 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.
What’s behind Val-Morin’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: #154 of 503 in Quebec and #502 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Val-Morin’s index dropped 49%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 67.1; the lightest was 2025, at 34.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Val-Morin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 45 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 67.1 | 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 Val-Morin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Val-Morin, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Val-Morin runs highest on drug offences (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.7). Mischief 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 | 20 | 0.4 | 62% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 21.7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 0.1 | 89% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 21 | 0.4 | 80% |
| Breaking and entering | 99 | 1.9 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 0.2 | 71% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 59.7 | 1.1 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 16 | 0.3 | 29% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 139 | 2.6 | 38% |
| Mischief | 97.7 | 1.8 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 16 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 181 | 3.4 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.7 | 0.4 | 82% |
| Drug violations | 91.3 | 1.7 | 84% |
| Impaired driving | 127.7 | 2.4 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 92.7 | 1.7 | 24% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Val-Morin places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Quebec | 3,173 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 10 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 11 | Val-Morin Quebec | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 12 | French River / Rivière des Français Ontario | 3,178 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Pilot Butte Saskatchewan | 3,255 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,184 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 17 | Adstock Quebec | 3,203 | 55.9 | 93.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire Quebec | 3,158 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 535.8 | 507.9 | 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-Morin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 630 violent incidents a year across the police area of 54,200 residents that includes Val-Morin, 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 640 property crimes, plus 570 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Val-Morin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | 12,154 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides | 1,651 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Val-Morin. Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Val-Morin shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Val-Morin
Is Val-Morin safe?
Val-Morin measures 48.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11.9 violent incidents and 11.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Val-Morin?
Top of the list is assault (5.8 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 4.7, and other Criminal Code offences, at 4.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Val-Morin?
No: the index fell 49%, from 67.1 in 2023 to 34.2 in 2025.
How much of Val-Morin’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 61% of crime (80% of violent crime, 46% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Val-Morin and everywhere else it polices.
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).