Crime per resident in Little Saigon runs higher than in 76% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Little Saigon reported from 2023 to 2025: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 99.3 and 91.8. Violence and property crime split as 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. In 2023 the index stood at 96.9; it fell 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. Crime severity and crime rate: the Vancouver service area.
What stands out about safety in Little Saigon
A low clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 26% of crime in Little Saigon ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 39% of violent crime and 20% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Little Saigon’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Little Saigon’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.
Crime across Vancouver, 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.
Little Saigon, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 96.9, and 2025 the lightest at 89.3. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Little Saigon | 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 Little Saigon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Little Saigon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Mount Pleasant | 37,091 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Grandview-Woodland | 28,119 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| South Cambie | 9,846 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Norquay Village | 11,287 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
6 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Neighbourhood crime in Vancouver is released only for non-commercial use, which this site can’t rely on; Little Saigon carries the city-wide figures.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Little Saigon
Is Little Saigon safe?
Little Saigon’s Crime Severity Index is 93.4 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Little Saigon?
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 Little Saigon?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 89.3 from 96.9.
How much of Little Saigon’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 26% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 39% of violent crime and 20% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).