In 2026 through July, Kensington-Cedar Cottage in Vancouver recorded 1,068 reported incidents, representing 5.3% of the city-wide total of 20,238 incidents. Theft was the leading category in the neighbourhood with 411 incidents, followed by theft from vehicle with 231 incidents and mischief with 154 incidents. Additionally, assault accounted for 129 reported incidents, while break and enter recorded 67 incidents during this period.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Vancouver.
Kensington-Cedar Cottage registered 1,068 incidents in 2026 through July, representing 5.3% of Vancouver's 20,238 city-wide total. This total is substantially lower than adjacent commercial areas such as Central Business District with 6,085 incidents, Strathcona with 1,972 incidents, and West End with 1,756 incidents. Property-related categories dominate the local mix, led by Theft with 411 incidents and Theft from vehicle with 231 incidents, while violent incidents stand at 137 occurrences for the period.
During the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Kensington-Cedar Cottage recorded 1,068 reported incidents. This total accounts for 5.3% of the 20,238 total incidents logged across Vancouver. Across the full historical archive from July 1, 2021 to August 13, 2026, the neighbourhood has recorded 8,491 total incidents.
Theft is the most common incident category in Kensington-Cedar Cottage for 2026 through July, with 411 recorded incidents. Theft from vehicle represents the second highest volume with 231 incidents, followed by Mischief with 154 incidents and Assault with 129 incidents during the same period.
Kensington-Cedar Cottage recorded 1,068 incidents in 2026 through July, which is lower than several surrounding areas in Vancouver. For comparison, Central Business District logged 6,085 incidents, Strathcona logged 1,972 incidents, and West End logged 1,756 incidents over the same year-to-date timeframe.
Official open-data records document 137 violent incidents in Kensington-Cedar Cottage during the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Within this total, Assault accounts for 129 reported incidents out of the neighbourhood's overall 1,068 recorded incidents across all categories during the timeframe.
Data is sourced from the official municipal open-data portal for Vancouver, BC.