Richmond sits at City Score rank #248 with a standing of 45%, from 6 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Dropping 148 places versus 2022 (#100 → #248).
Latest owned placements: indoor radon rank #324 of 327 at 35 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
Among Canadian cities on the hub, Richmond carries a City Score standing of 45% (rank #248 of 343) with 6 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 2 points below the British Columbia peer average across 58 ranked cities. Within British Columbia, Richmond ranks #33 of 58 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is indoor radon (standing 99%, rank #324 of 327, raw score 35.4). The weakest observed pillar is seismic hazard (standing 3%, rank #12 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Richmond, British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal (table 35100063), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 98 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Richmond. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
