Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0Kitsilano sees more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Scored on crime the police covering Kitsilano reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. What’s more, 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+. 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. Not measured by town: crime severity and crime rate (the Vancouver service area).
What stands out about safety in Kitsilano
Below-typical clearance
Police cleared 26% of Kitsilano’s crime, weighted by seriousness (39% of violent crime, 20% of the rest), against 38% across 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 sits behind Kitsilano’s C−
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Kitsilano 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.
Which crimes make up Vancouver’s figures
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.
Kitsilano, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (96.9); the low point came in 2025, at 89.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kitsilano | 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 Kitsilano, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Kitsilano
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Fairview | 33,969 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Granville Entertainment District | 19,125 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| West End | 30,785 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- City-wide figures. The Vancouver Police neighbourhood data comes under non-commercial terms, so the figures here are the city’s, not Kitsilano’s own.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Kitsilano
Is Kitsilano safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Kitsilano’s Crime Severity Index stands at 93.4 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Kitsilano?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (7.5) and assault (6.9).
Is crime going up in Kitsilano?
Down 8%: 96.9 in 2023, 89.3 in 2025.
How much of Kitsilano’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 39% of violent crime and 20% of everything else, 26% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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).