Central Business District, Vancouver
Vancouver · neighbourhood
| 2025 incidents | 10,371 |
|---|---|
| Latest year (archive) | 6,085 incidents · 30.1% of city |
About this neighbourhood
TL;DR. In 2026 through July, Central Business District in Vancouver recorded 6,085 total incidents, representing 30.1% of the 20,238 city-wide total. Theft was the leading category in the neighbourhood with 2,246 incidents. Other recorded categories included assault at 1,207 incidents, mischief at 1,114, theft from vehicle at 1,032, break and enter at 230, and other incidents at 125. Nearby Strathcona recorded 1,972 incidents during the same period.
About this data
In Vancouver, British Columbia, the Central Business District recorded 6,085 reported incidents during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). This total accounts for 30.1% of the 20,238 city-wide incidents logged across all Vancouver neighbourhoods during the same period. For comparison, adjacent areas in the city recorded lower totals during the 2026 year-to-date period, including Strathcona with 1,972 incidents, West End with 1,756 incidents, and Mount Pleasant with 1,301 incidents.
The complete historical archive for the Central Business District spans from July 1, 2021 to August 13, 2026, containing 57,419 total recorded incidents. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), violent incidents accounted for 1,270 of the neighbourhood's 6,085 total cases, while the leading overall incident category was Theft with 2,246 reported cases.
Recent trend
The incident dataset for Vancouver covers the full period from July 1, 2021 to August 13, 2026, with annual data recorded between 2021 and 2026. For the current calendar year, records reflect 2026 (YTD, through Jul) rather than a complete twelve-month window. Historical analysis requires noting that neighbourhood boundaries are approximate and based on the upstream open-data portal classification. Because municipal reporting boundaries may vary from year to year, multi-year comparisons should account for potential geometric adjustments across Vancouver's defined neighbourhood sectors.
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