Public API

All endpoints return aggregated data only. No PII, no authentication required for read. Rate-limited to roughly 60 requests per minute per IP. For higher volume or commercial use, contact the maintainer.

Privacy guarantees

Individual-level data is never returned — locations are grid-aggregated (500m×500m).
Forbidden fields (name, DOB, address, case_number, photo, etc.) are stripped server-side.
Counts below 5 are suppressed on sensitive layers.

Spatial data (GeoJSON)

GET/api/crime-points

Individual crime points (aggregated coords, no PII).

bbox	minLng,minLat,maxLng,maxLat	Optional viewport bbox.
categories	comma list	property, other (VPD GeoDASH limits).
limit	integer	Default 5000, max 50000.
start	YYYY-MM	Month range start.
end	YYYY-MM	Month range end.

/api/crime-points?bbox=-123.27,49.20,-122.98,49.32&categories=property&limit=2500

GET/api/services

NGO and service site locations with taxonomy.

/api/services

GET/api/crisis-signals

311 crisis reports (encampments, graffiti, needles).

start	YYYY-MM	Optional start month.
end	YYYY-MM	Optional end month.

GET/api/overdose-deaths

Aggregated overdose deaths (neighborhood grid).

GET/api/businesses

Crime-adjacent business licences (liquor, cannabis).

GET/api/crashes

ICBC vehicle crashes.

GET/api/costs

Estimated social cost overlay per grid cell.

Narrative / summary

GET/api/stats

Site-wide stats (totals, YoY, baseline, services).

GET/api/neighborhood-story

Multi-year trend for a single neighborhood.

neighborhood	string	Required (exact match).
years	integer	Years back. Default 5.

/api/neighborhood-story?neighborhood=Strathcona&years=5

GET/api/neighborhood-index

Composite index (crime + crisis + overdose + service) per neighborhood.

GET/api/news-crimes

News-extracted crime mentions (NLP-filtered).

Export

GET/api/export

CSV / GeoJSON export for a chosen layer.

layer	enum	incidents, services, overdoses, crisis, businesses.
format	enum	csv or geojson.

Embeddable widgets

/embed

Full interactive map (accepts URL state: start, end, cats, n, lng, lat, zoom).

/embed/stats

Four-stat summary card (incidents, YoY, overdose deaths, 311 signals).

/embed/neighborhood/{name}

Neighborhood trend card with insights.

Drop any embed into an iframe. The map embed accepts the same URL state as crimeflark.com/.

Terms

Attribute data to Vancouver Crime Observatory + the underlying source (VPD, StatCan, etc.).
Do not attempt to re-identify individuals or bypass aggregation.
No SLA on the free tier. Availability is best-effort.