Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in River West than in 65% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 94.5 and its non-violent half to 72.8, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. Behind the grade sit 11.9 violent incidents and 39.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. What’s more, that puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering River West 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. Measured across the Windsor service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in River West
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, River West moved from 84.3 to 71.5, while the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 to 59.2. Year by year ↓
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 River West’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for River West on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
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 50,000 people or more.
From 2023 to 2025, River West’s index dropped 15%
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (84.3); 2025 was the lightest, at 71.5. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | River West | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 79.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 84.3 | 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 River West, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Windsor’s crime, type by type
These are Windsor’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Windsor runs highest on break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.2), robbery (0.6 per 1,000 against 0.4) and theft under $5,000 (19.9 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 82.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 58.3 | 0.2 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 50 | 0.2 | 51% |
| Robbery | 185.3 | 0.6 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 47.3 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Other violent violations | 53 | 0.2 | 72% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,184.3 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 130.3 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 687 | 2.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 133.7 | 0.5 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,783.7 | 19.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 1,554.3 | 5.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 82.7 | 0.3 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,731.3 | 5.9 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 160.3 | 0.6 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 119 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Impaired driving | 258 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.04 | 64% |
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.
Crime in the places around River West
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River West | 13,940 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| City Centre | 10,269 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Sandwich | 14,110 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Central | 10,392 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| Walkerville | 19,541 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 78.6 | 94.5 | 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
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so River West carries the city-wide figures.
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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 River West
Is River West safe?
River West scores 78.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3; per 1,000 residents a year that is 11.9 violent incidents and 39.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in River West?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 19.9, other Criminal Code offences at 7 and assault at 6.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in River West?
No: the index fell 15%, from 84.3 in 2023 to 71.5 in 2025.
How much of River West’s crime do police solve?
About 41% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 74% of violent and 25% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole 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).