Downtown Eastside Crime

• Vancouver Police step up patrols in the Downtown Eastside amid recent gun violence

  Vancouver Police are temporarily increasing the number of officers in the Downtown Eastside after nearly a week of gun violence which has residents and businesses shaken up.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2023
  
• Woman stabbed with hypodermic needle in random attack in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  Police say the suspect is known to them, and the victim was taken to hospital for treatment.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2021
  
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• Vancouver police investigate three stabbings in Downtown Eastside

  Vancouver police are investigating after three stabbings took place between Tuesday and Wednesday in the Downtown Eastside.

  Crime

  Oct 6, 2021
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• Vancouver police investigate first homicide of 2019

  Detectives identified the victim as 39-year-old Vancouver resident Matthew Dillen Johnson.

  Crime

  Jan 2, 2019