The real crime stats should present a good story for ABC to tell

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In promotional materials released this week, Vancouver city council’s majority party used the same crime statistics that party officials had, a month earlier, acknowledged as being presented inaccurately.

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In a year-end fundraising email Tuesday, ABC Vancouver encouraged supporters to donate so the party can continue delivering results in 2026, a municipal election year. The email touts the ruling party’s track record on safety, saying “violent crime is down 18 per cent citywide, robberies are down 44 per cent, and serious assaults are down 23 per cent.”

But despite using the word “citywide” in the email, those are not citywide numbers.

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ABC used the same numbers in public statements in November, before acknowledging to CTV News they had made an error, and deleting the social media post in question. At that time, CTV journalist Lisa Steacy reported the numbers did not represent citywide trends, but instead showed crime........

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