Safety index · Vancouver · data through August 2026
Is Kitsilano safe?
Kitsilano records more reported crime than most Vancouver neighbourhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 40 out of 100 — 14 points below the citywide median of 54, ranking 16th of 22 Vancouver local areas — based on 785 incidents reported to the Vancouver Police within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre over the 11 months to August 2026.
DATA THROUGH AUGUST 2026 · 11 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Vancouver — a typical Vancouver neighbourhood sits near 54. It ranks Kitsilano against other neighbourhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — other theft alone is 60% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Reported incidents here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 0% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Other theft | 471 · 60% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 83 · 11% | |
| Violent crime | 41 · 5% | |
| Vehicle crime | 97 · 12% | |
| Burglary | 40 · 5% | |
| Other | 25 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Kitsilano at night?
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Common questions
Is Kitsilano safe at night?
Elevated overall (safety index 40/100). About 0% of severity-weighted incidents in Kitsilano are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Kitsilano?
Other theft — 471 of 785 incidents (60%) reported within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre over the 11 months to August 2026.
How is the Kitsilano safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Vancouver Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Vancouver, so scores compare neighbourhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.