Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Riverbend than in 88% of Canadian towns
It grades D for safety on crime the police covering Riverbend reported from 2023 to 2025: #46 of 182 in Manitoba. Its violent half comes to 197.6 and its non-violent half to 103.1, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. Per 1,000 residents a year, 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. By contrast, in 2023 the index stood at 136.8; it fell to 119.3 in 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. Measured across the Winnipeg service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Riverbend
Violent crime leads the index
Riverbend’s index splits into violent crime, 197.6 here and 75.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, and everything else, 103.1 against 54.2. 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 Riverbend’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Riverbend itself compares.
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: #46 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,309 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.
Crime across Winnipeg, by type
These are Winnipeg’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Winnipeg runs highest on robbery (3.5 per 1,000 against 0.4), mischief (16.8 per 1,000 against 3.8) and break and enter (6.3 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 36 | 0.04 | 90% |
| Sexual violations against children | 249 | 0.3 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 394 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 82 | 0.10 | 50% |
| Robbery | 2,888.7 | 3.5 | 31% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 58.7 | 0.07 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 135.3 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Breaking and entering | 5,266.7 | 6.3 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 575 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3,409.7 | 4.1 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 382.7 | 0.5 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 19,975 | 23.9 | 15% |
| Mischief | 14,004.7 | 16.8 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 970 | 1.2 | 87% |
| Administration of justice violations | 4,303 | 5.1 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 603 | 0.7 | 81% |
| Drug violations | 492 | 0.6 | 95% |
| Impaired driving | 444 | 0.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6 | 0.01 | 45% |
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.
Riverbend, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 136.8, against a low of 119.3 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Riverbend | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 131.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 136.8 | 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 Riverbend, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Riverbend
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend | 5,453 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Rivergrove | 2,742 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Valhalla | 3,153 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Kildonan Drive | 5,063 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| West Kildonan Industrial | 3,678 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| River East | 7,774 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Rossmere-A | 13,613 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Riverbend is the city police’s, for the whole city.
Questions about safety in Riverbend
Is Riverbend safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Riverbend comes to 129.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 18 violent incidents and 58.8 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Riverbend?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 23.9, mischief at 16.8 and assault at 9.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Riverbend?
Down 13%: 136.8 in 2023, 119.3 in 2025.
How much of Riverbend’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 33% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 47% of violent crime and 23% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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).