Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0West Point Grey records more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 89.3, down from 96.9 in 2023. Split in two, the index gives 99.3 for violence and 91.8 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Measured on crime the police covering West Point Grey reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Police counts work out at 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ they are 10.8 and 25.1.
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 West Point Grey
Less crime solved
Police cleared 26% of West Point Grey’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.
Inside West Point Grey’s C− for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than West Point Grey 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.
Vancouver’s crime, type 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.
West Point Grey, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 96.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 89.3 in 2025. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | West Point Grey | 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 West Point Grey, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around West Point Grey
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point Grey | 13,429 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Dunbar-Southlands | 21,117 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver | 22,031 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Musqueam 2 | 1,879 | — | — | — |
4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole city’s numbers. Vancouver Police publish neighbourhood data for non-commercial use only, so West Point Grey’s figures are the whole city’s.
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in West Point Grey
Is West Point Grey safe?
The short answer is an index of 93.4 for West Point Grey (2023–2025), built from 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in West Point Grey?
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 West Point Grey?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 89.3 from 96.9.
How much of West Point Grey’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 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).