Safety · Vancouver, BC
Is Downtown safe? Vancouver 2026
Downtown scores 46 out of 100 on safety — middle band of Vancouver.
Safety score
A population-weighted blend of crime rate, traffic incidents, street lighting density, emergency-service drive times, and urban noise — ranked against every other neighbourhood in Vancouver.
Safety
46/ 100
Higher = safer (0–100)
Overall
59/ 100
Across 5 lenses
What stands out
Bait fact
Downtown's strongest safety signal is traffic safety — 100/100, top quintile of Vancouver.
We track six more safety sub-scores for Downtown — crime, traffic, lighting, fire, police, healthcare access, and noise. The full breakdown is in the free trial.
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Updated
May 15, 2026
Methodology
v2026.04 · Read how the data is sourced
Coverage
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