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DowntownRecent emergency dispatch activity in Vancouver's Downtown neighbourhood

Data period: August 1 – 31, 2026 · refreshed monthly Rank: #1 of 22 by call volume
77 ▼45%
Dispatched calls
0
Priority calls (P1–P2)
12.8×
vs citywide median
2.5
Avg calls / day

The picture in August 2026

Map of Downtown in Vancouver with its official boundary outlined

In August 2026, Downtown recorded 77 dispatched calls — one of the higher-volume areas citywide (ranked 1 of 22 neighbourhoods by volume). The largest single category was Other Theft, at 32% of all calls in the area. That is down 45% from the previous month's 141 calls.

Neighbourhood attribution uses the official boundary polygon shown here; calls without reliable coordinates are excluded from neighbourhood totals.

Monthly history

May 2026 — 151 calls151June 2026 — 43 calls43July 2026 — 141 callsAugust 2026 — 77 calls77May 2026August 2026

Dispatched calls per month in Downtown since May 2026. Hover a point for the exact count.

MonthCallsPriority
August 2026770%
July 20261410%
June 2026430%
May 20261510%

Top call types

Vehicle Collision Or Pedestrian Struck (With Injury)6
Break And Enter (Residential/Other)4
Theft Of Bicycle3
Full breakdown — all 8 call categories
Other Theft25
Mischief16
Theft From Vehicle14
Offence Against A Person8
Vehicle Collision Or Pedestrian Struck (With Injury)6
Break And Enter (Residential/Other)4
Theft Of Bicycle3
+ 1 rarer categories with fewer than 3 calls each (1 calls combined)

New to dispatch data? Read what the call types mean and how to read neighbourhood statistics.

Time of day

Time-of-day data isn't available for Vancouver. Vancouver Police Department publishes generalized (date-level) timestamps rather than precise event times, so hourly and weekday-vs-weekend patterns can't be computed. Counts, categories, locations, and monthly history are unaffected.

Compared to its neighbours

NeighbourhoodCallsPer dayPriority
Downtown772.50%
Fairview80.30%
West End190.60%
Mount Pleasant150.50%
Strathcona160.50%

Adjacent neighbourhoods, August 2026. "Per day" averages over all 31 days; "Priority" is the share of P1–P2 calls.

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