Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Kerrisdale records more crime than three in four Canadian towns
Recorded violent incidents ran at 12.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 43.6, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. What’s more, it grades C− for safety on crime the police covering Kerrisdale reported from 2023 to 2025: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Of the two halves, violence comes to 99.3 and other offences to 91.8, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. The index fell from 96.9 in 2023 to 89.3 in 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 Vancouver service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Kerrisdale
Below-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 26% for Kerrisdale (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 Kerrisdale’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Kerrisdale alone.
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.
Kerrisdale, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 96.9, and its lowest 2025, at 89.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kerrisdale | 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 Kerrisdale, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Kerrisdale
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrisdale | 14,105 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Dunbar-Southlands | 21,117 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Marpole | 28,182 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Musqueam 2 | 1,879 | — | — | — |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 5 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. Neighbourhood crime in Vancouver is released only for non-commercial use, which this site can’t rely on; Kerrisdale carries the city-wide figures.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Kerrisdale
Is Kerrisdale safe?
Its police recorded 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Kerrisdale a Crime Severity Index of 93.4. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Kerrisdale?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (24.9 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 7.5, and assault, at 6.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Kerrisdale?
No: the index fell 8%, from 96.9 in 2023 to 89.3 in 2025.
How much of Kerrisdale’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 26%: 39% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it 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).