Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0North Vancouver sees less crime per resident than 91% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is A, on crime the police covering North Vancouver reported from 2023 to 2025: #4 of 251 in British Columbia. Year on year, 6.5 violent incidents and 20.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 33.7 for violence and 37.3 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). By 2025 the index had dropped to 35.7, down from 37.6 in 2023.
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.
What stands out about safety in North Vancouver
Under the British Columbia norm
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, North Vancouver scores 36. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 16% for North Vancouver (33% violent, 11% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, North Vancouver is 3rd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
North Vancouver scores 33.7 for violence and 37.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 75.2 and 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 sits behind North Vancouver’s A
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: #4 of 251 in British Columbia and #192 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.
Among 40 towns its size, North Vancouver places 3rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| 2 | Lindsay Ontario | 85,351 | 31.7 | 42.8 | A |
| 3 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 36 | 33.7 | A |
| 4 | Bolton Ontario | 90,201 | 39.2 | 51 | A |
| 5 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 40.5 | 49.7 | A− |
| 6 | Cape Breton Nova Scotia | 106,752 | 44 | 56.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Delta British Columbia | 124,670 | 59.7 | 69.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Maple Ridge British Columbia | 105,925 | 87 | 97.6 | C |
| 27 | New Westminster British Columbia | 92,124 | 87.9 | 94.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Nanaimo British Columbia | 111,845 | 121.6 | 127.7 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 North Vancouver in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in North Vancouver, type by type
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.3 | 0.08 | 24% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.7 | 0.09 | 89% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 14.3 | 0.1 | 49% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 0.1 | 26% |
| Breaking and entering | 214.7 | 2.1 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20 | 0.2 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 44 | 0.4 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 37.3 | 0.4 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 924.7 | 9.2 | 6% |
| Mischief | 392.7 | 3.9 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 25.7 | 0.3 | 36% |
| Administration of justice violations | 74.3 | 0.7 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 71.7 | 0.7 | 26% |
| Drug violations | 23 | 0.2 | 39% |
| Impaired driving | 54 | 0.5 | 75% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
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 50,000 people or more.
Police in North Vancouver recorded about 660 violent incidents a year, 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 2,020 property crimes and 850 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
North Vancouver, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 37.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 34.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Vancouver | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.7 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 34.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 37.6 | 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 North Vancouver, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around North Vancouver
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Vancouver | 97,845 | 36 | 33.7 | A |
| North Vancouver | 66,624 | 81.6 | 62.7 | C |
| Burrard Inlet 3 | 2,820 | — | — | — |
| Heights | 22,141 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Capilano 5 | 3,376 | — | — | — |
| Hastings-Sunrise | 36,072 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Grandview-Woodland | 28,119 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
North Vancouver has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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 North Vancouver
Is North Vancouver safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for North Vancouver comes to 36. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 6.5 violent incidents and 20 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in North Vancouver?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (7.5) and mischief (3.9).
Is crime going up in North Vancouver?
The reverse: 37.6 in 2023 came down to 35.7 by 2025, 5% lower.
How much of North Vancouver’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 16% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 33% of violent and 11% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers North Vancouver and nowhere else.
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).