Photo: abdallahh · CC BY 2.0Westmount records more crime per resident than 67% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 81.4 then 78.4. In a usual year, 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5. Measured on crime the police covering Westmount reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #396 of 503 in Quebec. Split in two, the index gives 115.7 for violence and 66.9 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Montréal service area.
What stands out about safety in Westmount
Robbery: high for a town its size
Westmount records 1.1 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Quebec
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 80.3 in Westmount. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Westmount stands 28th, the lowest first. 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.
The grade: C for Westmount
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: #396 of 503 in Quebec and #1,643 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.
Crime in Westmount, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Westmount runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.6), motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). Mischief sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 32 | 0.02 | 65% |
| Sexual violations against children | 412.3 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 932.7 | 0.4 | 92% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 210.3 | 0.10 | 38% |
| Robbery | 2,329.3 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 371 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Other violent violations | 732.7 | 0.3 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 6,567 | 3.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 667 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9,140 | 4.3 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,353 | 0.6 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25,416 | 11.8 | 17% |
| Mischief | 6,913.3 | 3.2 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 510 | 0.2 | 65% |
| Administration of justice violations | 6,916.3 | 3.2 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1,578.7 | 0.7 | 76% |
| Drug violations | 2,470.7 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 1,728 | 0.8 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6,866.3 | 3.2 | 8% |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Westmount places 28th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 21,949 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Varennes Quebec | 21,490 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec | 19,447 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Sainte-Sophie Quebec | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Colchester County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 21,578 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| 26 | Windsor Nova Scotia | 20,318 | 78.5 | 98.5 | C+ |
| 27 | Dorval Quebec | 21,062 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 28 | Westmount Quebec | 20,377 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 29 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Beaconsfield Quebec | 19,430 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 31 | Midland Ontario | 19,305 | 81.8 | 97.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 Westmount in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 33,000 violent incidents a year across the police area of 2,172,300 residents that includes Westmount, 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.
Property crime adds about 62,300 a year and other violations 22,100 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Westmount, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 81.4, against a low of 78.4 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Westmount | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.4 | 60 |
| 2024 | 81.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 | 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 Westmount, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Westmount
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 20,377 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Saint-Henri | 17,309 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Montagne | 28,569 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Édouard-Montpetit | 20,601 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
6 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A regional police service. The service that polices Westmount reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
Questions about safety in Westmount
Is Westmount safe?
The short answer is an index of 80.3 for Westmount (2023–2025), built from 15.4 violent incidents and 29.1 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Westmount?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 11.8, assault at 8.2 and fraud at 5.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Westmount?
Not much: the index went from 81.4 in 2023 to 78.4 in 2025.
How much of Westmount’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 32% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 49% of violent crime and 21% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Westmount 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).