Vancouver Downtown Crime

• Action plan, public forum needed to address public safety concerns, Vancouver councillor says

  Melissa De Genova's motion comes in response to comments she's heard from residents and police about increasing violent crime, including random attacks.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2022
  
• Man arrested in random stabbing of tourist in Vancouver Tim Hortons

  David Richard Morin, 27, was taken into custody near Granville and Helmcken streets on Tuesday around 4 p.m., Vancouver policed said in a release.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2022
  
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• Security video shows ‘disturbing attack’ on Vancouver street on New Year’s Eve

  Security video shows a woman walking along West Georgia Street in front of Hotel Georgia when a man walking in the opposite direction grabs her.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2022
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• Man taken to hospital Tuesday after threatening Helijet staff, jumping into the ocean

  Police said just before 12:30 p.m. they received a call about a man at Harbour Helijet who was threatening to shoot staff and was preventing helicopters from landing.

  Crime

  Sep 29, 2021
• Vancouver police redeploying officers to ‘hardest-hit’ areas of downtown

  Police said the hardest-hit areas are Granville Street and the West End and will deploy officers on foot and by bicycle to increase a street-level police presence.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2021