Photo: Buidhe · CC BY-SA 4.0For recorded crime, West Vancouver sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Across all the graded crimes, West Vancouver lands on B (#51 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 57.2 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. By 2025 the index had dropped to 52.7, down from 61.7 in 2023. Its 5 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in West Vancouver
Under the British Columbia norm
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, West Vancouver scores 57.2. Towns its size ↓
Theft under $5,000: high for a town its size
West Vancouver records 19.1 incidents of theft under $5,000 per 1,000 residents a year, against 11.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, West Vancouver is 20th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, West Vancouver’s two halves part ways: 59.8 for violence (typical 89.4) and 56.6 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
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 West Vancouver’s grade
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: #51 of 251 in British Columbia and #765 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
West Vancouver, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 61.7 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 52.7 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | West Vancouver | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.7 | 60 |
| 2024 | 57.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 61.7 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering West Vancouver, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
West Vancouver’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, West Vancouver runs highest on theft under $5,000 (19.1 per 1,000 against 11.8) and break and enter (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.2). Sexual assault and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7 | 0.1 | 24% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 17 | 0.3 | 39% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.1 | 19% |
| Breaking and entering | 157.3 | 3.1 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.7 | 0.2 | 80% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 22.3 | 0.4 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 64.3 | 1.3 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 978.3 | 19.1 | 35% |
| Mischief | 187 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 22.3 | 0.4 | 63% |
| Administration of justice violations | 92 | 1.8 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.3 | 0.4 | 39% |
| Drug violations | 5.7 | 0.1 | 88% |
| Impaired driving | 143.3 | 2.8 | 89% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 0.06 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Police in West Vancouver recorded about 420 violent incidents a year, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 1,680 property crimes, plus 440 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
West Vancouver comes 20th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 18 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| 19 | Saint-Eustache Quebec | 47,562 | 55.4 | 78.9 | B |
| 20 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 57.2 | 59.8 | B |
| 21 | St. Thomas Ontario | 49,388 | 65.2 | 72.6 | B− |
| 22 | Rouyn-Noranda Quebec | 43,270 | 66.7 | 112.8 | B− |
| 23 | Woodstock Ontario | 55,572 | 69.7 | 61.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Mission British Columbia | 47,280 | 114.1 | 134.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to West Vancouver in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around West Vancouver
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Vancouver | 47,929 | 57.2 | 59.8 | B |
| Capilano 5 | 3,376 | — | — | — |
| West End | 30,785 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Coal Harbour | 10,407 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Davie Village | 16,833 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| North Vancouver | 66,624 | 81.6 | 62.7 | C |
| Granville Entertainment District | 19,125 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over West Vancouver.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in West Vancouver
Is West Vancouver safe?
Police-reported crime in West Vancouver scores 57.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 8.2 violent incidents and 32.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in West Vancouver?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 19.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 5.2 and fraud at 5.
Is crime going up in West Vancouver?
The reverse: 61.7 in 2023 came down to 52.7 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of West Vancouver’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 27% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 45% of violent crime and 20% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers West Vancouver and nowhere else.
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).