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The decade grid — Vancouver
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime & Violence | 71 | 77 | 198 | 218 | 176 | 239 | 304 | 186 | 278 | 464 | 98 |
| Accidents & Road Safety | 34 | 83 | 71 | 86 | 49 | 78 | 72 | 30 | 72 | 242 | 41 |
| Policing & Law Enforcement | 26 | 27 | 53 | 62 | 88 | 112 | 81 | 50 | 66 | 76 | 38 |
| Governance & Policy | 71 | 60 | 56 | 79 | 86 | 57 | 44 | 39 | 53 | 44 | 45 |
| Courts & Judiciary | 6 | 17 | 29 | 45 | 58 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 24 |
| Public Health | 23 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 48 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| Protest & Civil Unrest | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 5 |
| Public Safety | 9 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 7 |
| Infrastructure & Utilities | 16 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 5 |
| Missing Persons | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
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Weapons named — Vancouver
| Guns | 253 | weapon | |
| Knife | 217 | weapon | |
| Stabbing | 172 | weapon | |
| Gun | 144 | weapon | |
| Vehicle | 112 | weapon | |
| Suv | 102 | weapon |
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Stated motives — Vancouver
| Theft | 67 | motive | |
| Random | 39 | motive | |
| Targeted | 38 | motive | |
| Unprovoked | 30 | motive | |
| Gang Conflict | 25 | motive | |
| Mental Health Issues | 25 | motive |
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Deadliest reported events — Vancouver
≥3 reports corroborate the same toll in the same month · value = corroborating reports Conflicting tolls for one incident are merged into a range, never summed.
| Opioid Overdose · 2018 | 3 | ≈365 dead | |
| Heat Wave · 2021 | 16 | ≈65–134 dead · toll varies across reports | |
| Homicide · 2018 | 3 | ≈49 dead | |
| Vehicular Attack · 2025 | 25 | ≈11 dead | |
| Vehicle Collision · 2025 | 3 | ≈11 dead |