Crime in Vancouver, Canada

Crime rates in Vancouver, Canada

Level of crime
44.64 Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 5 years
64.35 High
Worries home broken and things stolen
35.56 Low
Worries being mugged or robbed
31.61 Low
Worries car stolen
35.00 Low
Worries things from car stolen
54.54 Moderate
Worries attacked
36.63 Low
Worries being insulted
40.47 Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
25.41 Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
75.49 High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
55.72 Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
37.75 Low
Problem corruption and bribery
32.99 Low

Safety in Vancouver, Canada

Safety walking alone during daylight
78.20 High
Safety walking alone during night
54.35 Moderate

Contributors: 640

Last update: November 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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20 Comments so far
Anonymous on Nov 28, 2024:
<p>even though the drug use can be pretty bad i would say it is relatively safe</p>
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Lisa Chrome on Sep 13, 2024:
Vancouver is probably the most dangerous city in North America for a size of 1 million people city.
Benny on Jul 13, 2024:
The drug use issue is concentrated in the downtown East side and property crime is an issue in the surrounding areas. Outside of those hot spots id say we are pretty safe. I lived near the main hospital and not far from city hall. Ground floor apartment, never locked my patio door, after 17yrs finally had a break in while was away for several months. Cops told me it was very rare and they had not seen an uptick in break ins. There are few areas where i feel unsafe and none that i wouldn't dare go to, even the heart of the dtes i have gone through many times. I might feel uncomfortable but certainly never feared for my safety. Just gotta have the right attitude and common sense
Jerome on Jun 28, 2024:
Most junkies in Vancouver are white. Menace to society. How far white people have fallen. They've become lazy, useless, and dependent on government welfare. Once conquerors and now a shell of their former selves advocating for nonsensical issues like gov't funded hormone blockers, safe drug injection sites, etc. How the mighty have fallen.
Alex on Jun 16, 2024:
What is up with some people here claiming that Vancouver is very safe when it actually isn't?I'm aware that it's definitely safer than other Canadian cities like Winnipeg or Kelowna,But there are so many drug addicts in the city!!!If you don't believe me,Search up om youtube:"The Dark side of Vancouver".
A latina on Jun 09, 2024:
To People saying White canadians are the ones commiting the crimes and has nothing to do with latinos, asians or whatever. I think you guys forget that if a Population growth increases and you take canadian's jobs and are the reason why they cant find jobs, cant afford food, cant pay rent, become homeless, get o drugs and so and so. Well they Will ultimate commit crimes and its mostly do to immigrants
damage on May 28, 2024:
Drug is skyrocketing here, not a safe spot for family anymore.
Portlander on Sep 19, 2023:
Everybody is faking nice, crazy living cost, raining from january to may, immigrants, unaffordable housing and huge amount of bad teens. idk how you guys let those people in some of them don’t speak any english. i went my high school here and this place is kinda incomplete. drug issue. i don’t really have a positive view for this place. only good thing is the skytrain
ANK on Jun 27, 2022:
@A_Latino You tell them! Them lecturing us how to deal with today's problems? Don't make us laugh! They can't even handle the pandemic when they're among the worst hit nations recently, because they're incapable to deal with sanitary measures in a long term. Them judging political affiliations from other countries when they can barely help them to support their views, no wonder Mexico opted out of the 2022 Americas Summits meetings in the USA because the latter doesn't shut its mouth on foreign affairs.
Professor_Kaos Drama on Jun 09, 2022:
800% murder increase 150 murders this year every 4 weeks, from an average of 150 a year, 2500 overdoses a year, its white genocide ccp have death squads dealing
A Latino on May 02, 2022:
To the immigrant haters down there in the comments... Crime stats do not reflect the reality of increasing immigration. For your information most of the crime in Vancouver arise from organized crime represented in south-asian and east-asian gangs, and another chunk comes from homeless junkies which 95% are white Canadian-born. The issue here is not the number of latino immigrants rising, but the amount of ignorant fools like yourself that live in a bubble of lies under your white privilege, without realizing you are the actual problem to fix: junkies, consumers, overdosing, trump-sucker white trash idiots. Latinos are a hard-working race that is willing to take the jobs you don't even like to do, and then we are being constantly framed and criticized for taking "your jobs". So what is it then? taking your jobs or increasing crime, because last time I checked one cancelled the other...
Justin Carson on Apr 26, 2022:
No doubt Vancouver is way more dangerous than Toronto.
Too many broke refugees here.
Anonymous on Dec 01, 2021:
Ehh it's quickly going downhill like most of Canada. Flooded with immigrants and guilt-oriented leftists. Oh well. White flight. Time to move on.

-Janet, Port Coquitlam
Anonymous on Nov 18, 2021:
There seem to be more and more Hispanics people in Vancouver.
You can hear Spanish language being spoken everywhere in the streets.
It seems a very high percentage of the people living here are Latino, and increasing fast.
Vancouver is being severely Latinized from central and south american countries such as the dangerous El Salvador.
There are so many 'refugees' from Latin America.
Somebody said below: "Crime rate in Vancouver has been steadily rising since 2016. We have seen 8% jump from 2018 to 2019, violent crime rate also rising fast."
This may have to do with the large increase in Hispanic population.
The Latinos are a very dishonest and violent people. They steal and kill.
Latin American countries have the highest murder rates in the world.
Canada and USA are game over because they are so much invaded by Hispanics.
Vancouver don't have the black problem but it does have a very serious Hispanic problem.
Anonymous on Jun 05, 2021:
Vancouver is fairly safe, but they do have east hastings. East Hastings is only somewhat dangerous, but it's extremely extremely disturbing.
Albert C. Kaye on May 17, 2021:
If you're offended by what you see it may be best to not travel anywhere. Vancouver is about as safe as any city on earth. Use common sense and you'll be fine. Aside from Canadian Trump worshippers people are kind and sane.
sidney rodrigues on Dec 07, 2020:
as long as you avoid downtown on the east side you should be safe
sidney rodrigues on Dec 07, 2020:
HTML safe for as long as I have lived here
Tope bolarinwa on Oct 15, 2020:
Yeah,my husband just got an offer letter from Vancouver city hope he safe to work over there thanks
BLMnuiugugueur on Sep 07, 2020:
Crime rate in Vancouver has been steadily rising since 2016. We have seen 8% jump from 2018 to 2019, violent crime rate also rising fast. Among violent crimes, sexual assaults and assaults are the most significant, meaning Vancouver is becoming more and more dangerous for our women. Yet there are fucked up people calling for defunding of the police and even abolishment of them. We need to increase funding for the police to properly deal with crimes. Most thefts aren't even reported because police don't do anything for values under $5000. But 5000 is a big money for many people. Who is there to protect innocent hard working citizens? Why do liberals want to protect criminals over innocent people? It's fucked up. I am voting Trump 2020 and for Conservatives in Canada.