Safety index · Vancouver · data through August 2026
Is Strathcona safe?
Strathcona records a high level of reported crime for Vancouver. Its SafeRoute safety index is 13 out of 100 — 41 points below the citywide median of 54, ranking 20th of 22 Vancouver local areas — based on 2,920 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 Strathcona against other neighbourhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (18% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
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
| Violent crime | 523 · 18% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 686 · 23% | |
| Other theft | 870 · 30% | |
| Vehicle crime | 479 · 16% | |
| Burglary | 213 · 7% | |
| Other | 96 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Strathcona at night?
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Common questions
Is Strathcona safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 13/100). About 0% of severity-weighted incidents in Strathcona 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 Strathcona?
Violent crime — 523 of 2,920 incidents (18%) reported within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre over the 11 months to August 2026.
How is the Strathcona 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.