Photo: Cell82 · CC BY-SA 3.0Richmond has less crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 82.8 and other offences to 30.3, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Richmond’s letter for safety is A−, worked out from crime the police covering Richmond reported over 2023 to 2025: #124 of 503 in Quebec. The local count comes to 10.5 violent incidents and 11.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Val-Saint-François MRC.
What stands out about safety in Richmond
The violent half stands out
Richmond scores 82.8 for violence and 30.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Richmond is 12th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 47% for Richmond (61% violent, 32% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Near the Quebec middle
Set among Quebec’s towns, whose median is 56.1, Richmond scores 45. 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.
Inside Richmond’s A− 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: #124 of 503 in Quebec and #415 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Richmond, type by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 23.7 | 0.7 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 79% |
| Breaking and entering | 49 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.3 | 1.3 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.2 | 21% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 74.3 | 2.3 | 44% |
| Mischief | 55.7 | 1.7 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Drug violations | 20 | 0.6 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 40 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 18.3 | 0.6 | 16% |
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 to 10,000 people.
Richmond’s index fell 14% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (50.5); the low point came in 2024, at 41. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Richmond | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 41 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.5 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Richmond, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Richmond comes 12th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec | 3,330 | 43.7 | 73 | A− |
| 10 | Compton Quebec | 3,351 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 11 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 12 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 13 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 14 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 15 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Richmond in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 350 violent incidents a year in the 33,400-resident police area around Richmond, 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 370 property crimes, plus 160 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 Richmond
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Melbourne | 1,128 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Durham-Sud | 1,041 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| Windsor | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | 1,550 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Richmond. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 4 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.”
- Shared across the MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Richmond shares it with its neighbours.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Richmond
Is Richmond safe?
Statistics Canada puts Richmond at 45 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 10.5 and property crimes at 11.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Richmond?
Top of the list is assault (4.5 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 3.8, and theft under $5,000, at 2.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Richmond?
The reverse: 50.5 in 2023 came down to 43.6 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of Richmond’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 47% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 61% of violent and 32% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Richmond together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).