Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Crime per resident in Riley Park runs higher than in 76% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 99.3 and other offences for 91.8, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. In 2023 the index stood at 96.9; it fell to 89.3 in 2025. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Riley Park reported through 2023 to 2025: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Recorded violent incidents ran at 12.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 43.6, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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 and crime rate figures: the Vancouver service area.
What stands out about safety in Riley Park
Police clear less here
For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the typical clearance rate is 38%; Riley Park’s police clear 26%, 39% of violent crime and 20% 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’s behind Riley Park’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Riley Park’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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: #136 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,836 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Vancouver’s crime, type by type
These are Vancouver’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Vancouver runs highest on robbery (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.4), theft under $5,000 (24.9 per 1,000 against 11.5) and mischief (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 17.3 | 0.02 | 75% |
| Sexual violations against children | 237.7 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 0.04 | 63% |
| Robbery | 655 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.3 | 0.06 | 73% |
| Other violent violations | 99.7 | 0.1 | 42% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,481.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 457 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 673.3 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 849 | 1.1 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18,459.3 | 24.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 5,579.7 | 7.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 911 | 1.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,897 | 2.6 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 627 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 1,305.7 | 1.8 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 573.7 | 0.8 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.02 | 48% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Riley Park, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (96.9); 2025 was the lightest, at 89.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Riley Park | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 93.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 96.9 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Riley Park, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Riley Park
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
6 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole city’s numbers. Neighbourhood crime in Vancouver is released only for non-commercial use, which this site can’t rely on; Riley Park carries the city-wide figures.
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Riley Park
Is Riley Park safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Riley Park scores 93.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12.5 violent and 43.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Riley Park?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (7.5) and assault (6.9).
Is crime going up in Riley Park?
Down 8%: 96.9 in 2023, 89.3 in 2025.
How much of Riley Park’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 26% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 39% of violent and 20% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the city.
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).