Photo: James Mann from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Riverview than in 83% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 113.3 for violence and 113.9 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Riverview reported from 2023 to 2025: #51 of 59 in New Brunswick. In a usual year, 20.8 violent incidents and 49.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Codiac Regional service area.
What stands out about safety in Riverview
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Riverview records 6.4 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Above New Brunswick’s typical town
Within New Brunswick, the median town comes to 72.8 on the index, against 113.1 in Riverview. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Riverview stands 36th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Riverview’s two halves part ways: 113.3 for violence (typical 89.4) and 113.9 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Riverview’s C− for safety
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: #51 of 59 in New Brunswick and #2,208 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.
Riverview’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Riverview runs highest on break and enter (6.4 per 1,000 against 2.2), drug offences (2.2 per 1,000 against 0.8) and mischief (9.8 per 1,000 against 3.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 53 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 75.3 | 0.5 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 31 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Robbery | 70 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 18 | 0.1 | 54% |
| Other violent violations | 43.7 | 0.3 | 29% |
| Breaking and entering | 979.3 | 6.4 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 201 | 1.3 | 43% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 513.3 | 3.3 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 77 | 0.5 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 3,211.7 | 21 | 10% |
| Mischief | 1,500 | 9.8 | 7% |
| Weapons violations | 111 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Administration of justice violations | 906.7 | 5.9 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 305.7 | 2 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 341 | 2.2 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 481.3 | 3.1 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 14.3 | 0.09 | 12% |
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.
Riverview is 36th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Brockville Ontario | 23,720 | 100.1 | 126.6 | C− |
| 34 | Sept-Îles Quebec | 24,483 | 103.9 | 209.6 | C− |
| 35 | Owen Sound Ontario | 24,075 | 110 | 154.9 | C− |
| 36 | Riverview New Brunswick | 22,614 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| 37 | Cranbrook British Columbia | 22,703 | 149.5 | 147.3 | D |
| 38 | Fort St. John British Columbia | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | D |
| 39 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Riverview in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 3,200 violent incidents a year across the police area of 161,000 residents that includes Riverview, 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.
Add about 7,620 property crimes and 3,580 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Riverview’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (117); 2024 was the lightest, at 106.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Riverview | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 106.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 117 | 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 Riverview, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Riverview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 22,614 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Moncton | 102,378 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| Moncton | 12,238 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 58.4 | 80 | B |
The places around Riverview all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Coverdale (7 km away), scores 72.8 against 113.1. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared policing. A regional or shared police service reports one set of figures for every municipality it covers, Riverview included.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Riverview
Is Riverview safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 113.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: that is where Riverview stands, with 20.8 violent and 49.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Riverview?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 21 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (15.6) and assault (10.7).
Is crime going up in Riverview?
The index stayed close to where it was, 117 in 2023 and 116.1 in 2025.
How much of Riverview’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 23% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 41% of violent and 16% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Riverview 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).