Vancouver Violence

• 100% of women living in Downtown Eastside tents report experiencing violence: survey

  All of the women who responded to a recent survey said they did not feel safe, and had been subjected to violence, including sexual assaults.

  Crime

  Mar 28, 2023
  
• Footage released of suspect in knife threat against Vancouver hotel security guard

  Video shows the man digging through an orange bag next to a planter in the Hotel Vancouver breezeway, while the security guard watches.

  Crime

  Nov 16, 2022
  
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• Martial artist brings knife defence class to Vancouver as violent crime continues

  Jennifer Bajus, a Krav Maga Force training safety officer, said she was moved to offer the course as "random assaults keep rising in our city."

  Crime

  Sep 12, 2022
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• ‘Despicable’: Another video of teen violence surfaces in Metro Vancouver

  The cell phone footage, shot April 16 near a Point Grey school, appears to show two youth striking a third youth, as others film and egg on the suspects. 

  Crime

  May 11, 2022
• Vancouver police raise alarm on ‘troubling and violent’ swarmings, robberies, attacks on teens

  Investigations have been opened into several recent swarmings, robberies and reports of humiliating and demeaning rituals involving youth, said Sgt. Steve Addison on Tuesday.

  Crime

  May 10, 2022
• Rash of unprovoked assaults spurs public forum in Vancouver

  According to the Vancouver Police Department, an average of four people are the victims of random, groundless attacks by unknown suspects in the city each day.

  Crime

  Mar 3, 2022
• ‘We don’t have all the answers’: Deputy police chief on rise of unprovoked attacks in Vancouver

  It's an alarming set of "extraordinary incidents" and there is no quick and simple way to crack down on the problem, the Vancouver deputy police chief told Global News on Tuesday. 

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2022
• Police deploy mobile cameras after Global News report on violent shoplifting at Vancouver grocer

  Vancouver police confirmed Friday they had deployed their Public Safety Trailer, a mobile unit equipped with security cameras, outside the IGA on Robson Street.

  Crime

  Feb 26, 2021