Photo: Marlon Richmond · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Sunset than in 76% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Sunset 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. Year on year, 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Still, 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 published for the Vancouver service area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Sunset
Police clear less here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 26% for Sunset (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 Sunset’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Sunset 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.
Sunset, 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 | Sunset | 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 Sunset, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Sunset
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset | 37,186 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Victoria-Fraserview | 31,095 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Oakridge | 14,071 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage | 39,668 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Marpole | 28,182 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Riley Park | 23,682 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Little Saigon | 11,086 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
The table leaves out 6 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
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. Vancouver Police publish neighbourhood data for non-commercial use only, so Sunset’s figures are the whole city’s.
- 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. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Sunset
Is Sunset safe?
Police-reported crime in Sunset scores 93.4 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Sunset?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (7.5) and assault (6.9).
Is crime going up in Sunset?
The reverse: 96.9 in 2023 came down to 89.3 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Sunset’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 26% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 39% of violent and 20% of non-violent crime.
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).