Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Fairview than in 76% of Canadian towns
The yearly rates were 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Even so, the index fell from 96.9 in 2023 to 89.3 in 2025. On crime the police covering Fairview reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Split in two, the index gives 99.3 for violence and 91.8 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2).
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. Data for crime severity and crime rate covers the Vancouver service area.
What stands out about safety in Fairview
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 26% for Fairview (39% violent, 20% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
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 Fairview’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Fairview’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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: #136 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,836 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.
What Vancouver’s police record, by type
These are Vancouver’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Vancouver runs highest on robbery (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.4), theft under $5,000 (24.9 per 1,000 against 11.5) and mischief (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 17.3 | 0.02 | 75% |
| Sexual violations against children | 237.7 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 0.04 | 63% |
| Robbery | 655 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.3 | 0.06 | 73% |
| Other violent violations | 99.7 | 0.1 | 42% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,481.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 457 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 673.3 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 849 | 1.1 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18,459.3 | 24.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 5,579.7 | 7.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 911 | 1.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,897 | 2.6 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 627 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 1,305.7 | 1.8 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 573.7 | 0.8 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.02 | 48% |
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.
Fairview, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 96.9, and its lowest 2025, at 89.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fairview | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 93.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 96.9 | 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 Fairview, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Fairview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 33,969 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Granville Entertainment District | 19,125 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Yaletown | 40,297 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 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. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. The Vancouver Police neighbourhood data comes under non-commercial terms, so the figures here are the city’s, not Fairview’s own.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
Questions about safety in Fairview
Is Fairview safe?
Statistics Canada puts Fairview at 93.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12.5 and property crimes at 43.6 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Fairview?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 24.9, mischief at 7.5 and assault at 6.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Fairview?
The reverse: 96.9 in 2023 came down to 89.3 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Fairview’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 26% of crime (39% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).