Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRiverdale has more crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 103.8 and other offences for 92.6, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Annual rates stand at 18.5 violent incidents and 36.2 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Riverdale reported from 2023 to 2025.
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.
What stands out about safety in Riverdale
Mischief: high for a town its size
Riverdale records 16.7 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 57% of crime in Riverdale ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 95% of violent crime and 40% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Riverdale, 95.2. 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 Riverdale’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Riverdale’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Riverdale runs highest on mischief (16.7 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (2.7 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.5). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 1.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9 | 4.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20 | 9 | 30% |
| Mischief | 37 | 16.7 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 2.3 | 60% |
| Administration of justice violations | 18 | 8.1 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 1.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 6 | 2.7 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 3 | 1.4 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Riverdale’s police: about 41 violent incidents a year over 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 80 property crimes, plus 48 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 Riverdale
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale | 2,205 | 95.2 | 103.8 | C− |
| Oakview (22 km) | 1,670 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Brandon (29 km) | 59,444 | 107.2 | 121.5 | C− |
| Hamiota (31 km) | 1,210 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minto-Odanah (33 km) | 1,168 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minnedosa (37 km) | 2,859 | 89.9 | 92.1 | C |
Riverdale sits above 1 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. The nearest of them, Minnedosa (37.3 km away), scores 89.9 against 95.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Riverdale with figures are 22–37 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 2,211 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.”
Questions about safety in Riverdale
Is Riverdale safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Riverdale comes to 95.2. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 18.5 violent incidents and 36.2 property crimes. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Riverdale?
Mischief is the most common, at 16.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (15.8) and theft under $5,000 (9).
How much of Riverdale’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 95% of violent crime and 40% of everything else, 57% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Riverdale and nowhere else.
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).