Comparison tables with their caveats attached.

Representative values show source, protocol, verification, and comparability rather than implying a universal leaderboard.

Do not compare blindly.Rows may use different protocols. Reliability labels describe evidence, not method quality.

Semi-supervised VAD

MethodDatasetMetricValueProtocolReliability
FutureFramePed2AUC

FutureFrame

Ped2 AUC: 95.4

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FutureFrameCUHK AvenueAUC

FutureFrame

CUHK Avenue AUC: 85.1

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FutureFrameShanghaiTechAUC

FutureFrame

ShanghaiTech AUC: 72.8

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MemAEPed2AUC

MemAE

Ped2 AUC: 94.1

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MemAECUHK AvenueAUC

MemAE

CUHK Avenue AUC: 83.3

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MemAEShanghaiTechAUC

MemAE

ShanghaiTech AUC: 71.2

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HyCoVADComplexVADAUC

HyCoVAD

ComplexVAD AUC: 72.5

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MLLM-EVADCUHK AvenueAUC

MLLM-EVAD

CUHK Avenue AUC: 88.4

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MLLM-EVADComplexVADAUC

MLLM-EVAD

ComplexVAD AUC: 71.0

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SlowFastVADPed2AUC

SlowFastVAD

Ped2 AUC: 99.1

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SlowFastVADCUHK AvenueAUC

SlowFastVAD

CUHK Avenue AUC: 89.6

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SlowFastVADShanghaiTechAUC

SlowFastVAD

ShanghaiTech AUC: 85.0

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SlowFastVADUBnormalAUC

SlowFastVAD

UBnormal AUC: 72.2

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SFN-VADPed2AUC

SFN-VAD

Ped2 AUC: 98.4

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SFN-VADCUHK AvenueAUC

SFN-VAD

CUHK Avenue AUC: 91.6

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SFN-VADShanghaiTechAUC

SFN-VAD

ShanghaiTech AUC: 83.0

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VLAVADCUHK AvenueAUC

VLAVAD

CUHK Avenue AUC: 87.2

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Follow the RulesPed2AUC

Follow the Rules

Ped2 AUC: 97.9

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Follow the RulesCUHK AvenueAUC

Follow the Rules

CUHK Avenue AUC: 89.7

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Follow the RulesShanghaiTechAUC

Follow the Rules

ShanghaiTech AUC: 85.2

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Follow the RulesUBnormalAUC

Follow the Rules

UBnormal AUC: 71.90

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Weakly supervised VAD

MethodDatasetMetricValueProtocolReliability
MSLUCF-CrimeAUC

MSL

UCF-Crime AUC: 85.62

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MSLXD-ViolenceAP

MSL

XD-Violence AP: 78.59

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MSLShanghaiTechAUC

MSL

ShanghaiTech AUC: 97.32

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MISTUCF-CrimeAUC

MIST

UCF-Crime AUC: 82.30

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MISTShanghaiTechAUC

MIST

ShanghaiTech AUC: 94.83

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GCNUCF-CrimeAUC

GCN

UCF-Crime AUC: 82.12

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GCNShanghaiTechAUC

GCN

ShanghaiTech AUC: 84.44

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DeepMILUCF-CrimeAUC

DeepMIL

UCF-Crime AUC: 75.40

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DAKDUCF-CrimeAUC

DAKD

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.34

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DAKDXD-ViolenceAP

DAKD

XD-Violence AP: 85.61

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DAKDShanghaiTechAUC

DAKD

ShanghaiTech AUC: 98.10

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LEC-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

LEC-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 89.97

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LEC-VADXD-ViolenceAP

LEC-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 86.56

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Ex-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

Ex-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.29

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Ex-VADXD-ViolenceAP

Ex-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 86.52

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Federated-WVADUCF-CrimeAUC

Federated-WVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 84.03

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Federated-WVADXD-ViolenceAP

Federated-WVAD

XD-Violence AP: 75.99

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LOP-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

LOP-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.07

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LOP-VADXD-ViolenceAP

LOP-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 86.18

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TCRFLUCF-CrimeAUC

TCRFL

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.31

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TCRFLXD-ViolenceAP

TCRFL

XD-Violence AP: 82.63

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TCRFLShanghaiTechAUC

TCRFL

ShanghaiTech AUC: 98.12

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FSA-VADShanghaiTechAUC

FSA-VAD

ShanghaiTech AUC: 97.66

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VadCLIP++UCF-CrimeAUC

VadCLIP++

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.12

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VadCLIP++XD-ViolenceAP

VadCLIP++

XD-Violence AP: 85.03

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RelVidUCF-CrimeAUC

RelVid

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.71

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RelVidXD-ViolenceAP

RelVid

XD-Violence AP: 80.76

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AVadCLIPXD-ViolenceAP

AVadCLIP

XD-Violence AP: 86.04

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Multimodal-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

Multimodal-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.96

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Multimodal-VADXD-ViolenceAP

Multimodal-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 86.32

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PEMILUCF-CrimeAUC

PEMIL

UCF-Crime AUC: 86.76

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PEMILXD-ViolenceAP

PEMIL

XD-Violence AP: 85.59

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PEMILShanghaiTechAUC

PEMIL

ShanghaiTech AUC: 98.14

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VadCLIPUCF-CrimeAUC

VadCLIP

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.02

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VadCLIPXD-ViolenceAP

VadCLIP

XD-Violence AP: 84.51

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CLIP-TSAUCF-CrimeAUC

CLIP-TSA

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.58

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CLIP-TSAXD-ViolenceAP

CLIP-TSA

XD-Violence AP: 82.19

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CLIP-TSAShanghaiTechAUC

CLIP-TSA

ShanghaiTech AUC: 98.32

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ReFLIP-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

ReFLIP-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 89.14

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ReFLIP-VADXD-ViolenceAP

ReFLIP-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 86.29

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IELD-WVADUCF-CrimeAUC

IELD-WVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 89.67

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IELD-WVADXD-ViolenceAP

IELD-WVAD

XD-Violence AP: 85.92

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DWFF-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

DWFF-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.58

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DWFF-VADXD-ViolenceAP

DWFF-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 85.58

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CMSILUCF-CrimeAUC

CMSIL

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.57

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CMSILXD-ViolenceAP

CMSIL

XD-Violence AP: 86.06

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WSVAD-LLMKEUCF-CrimeAUC

WSVAD-LLMKE

UCF-Crime AUC: 86.88

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WSVAD-LLMKEXD-ViolenceAP

WSVAD-LLMKE

XD-Violence AP: 87.05

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WSVAD-LLMKEShanghaiTechAUC

WSVAD-LLMKE

ShanghaiTech AUC: 98.25

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TEVADUCF-CrimeAUC

TEVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 85.30

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Training-free & open-world LM-based VAD

MethodDatasetMetricValueProtocolReliability
OVVADUCF-CrimeAUC

OVVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 86.40

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OVVADXD-ViolenceAP

OVVAD

XD-Violence AP: 66.53

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OVVADUBnormalAUC

OVVAD

UBnormal AUC: 62.94

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AnomizeUCF-CrimeAUC

Anomize

UCF-Crime AUC: 84.89

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AnomizeXD-ViolenceAP

Anomize

XD-Violence AP: 69.31

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PLOVADUCF-CrimeAUC

PLOVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.06

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Holmes-VAUUCF-CrimeAUC

Holmes-VAU

UCF-Crime AUC: 88.96

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Holmes-VAUXD-ViolenceAP

Holmes-VAU

XD-Violence AP: 87.68

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Holmes-VADUCF-CrimeAUC

Holmes-VAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 89.51

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Holmes-VADXD-ViolenceAP

Holmes-VAD

XD-Violence AP: 90.67

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QVADUCF-CrimeAUC

QVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 84.28

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QVADXD-ViolenceAP

QVAD

XD-Violence AP: 68.53

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QVADUBnormalAUC

QVAD

UBnormal AUC: 79.60

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FlashbackUCF-CrimeAUC

Flashback

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.30

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FlashbackXD-ViolenceAP

Flashback

XD-Violence AP: 75.10

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TFPLGUCF-CrimeAUC

TFPLG

UCF-Crime AUC: 87.52

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TFPLGXD-ViolenceAP

TFPLG

XD-Violence AP: 85.08

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MoniTorUCF-CrimeAUC

MoniTor

UCF-Crime AUC: 82.57

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MoniTorXD-ViolenceAP

MoniTor

XD-Violence AP: 55.01

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EventVADUCF-CrimeAUC

EventVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 82.03

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EventVADXD-ViolenceAP

EventVAD

XD-Violence AP: 64.04

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PANDAUCF-CrimeAUC

PANDA

UCF-Crime AUC: 84.89

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PANDAXD-ViolenceAP

PANDA

XD-Violence AP: 70.16

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PANDAUBnormalAUC

PANDA

UBnormal AUC: 75.78

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VADTreeUCF-CrimeAUC

VADTree

UCF-Crime AUC: 84.74

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VADTreeXD-ViolenceAP

VADTree

XD-Violence AP: 68.85

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VERAUCF-CrimeAUC

VERA

UCF-Crime AUC: 86.55

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VERAXD-ViolenceAP

VERA

XD-Violence AP: 70.11

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SUVADUCF-CrimeAUC

SUVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 83.90

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SUVADXD-ViolenceAP

SUVAD

XD-Violence AP: 70.10

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MCANetUCF-CrimeAUC

MCANet

UCF-Crime AUC: 82.47

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MCANetXD-ViolenceAP

MCANet

XD-Violence AP: 69.72

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MCANetUBnormalAUC

MCANet

UBnormal AUC: 62.94

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LAVADUCF-CrimeAUC

LAVAD

UCF-Crime AUC: 80.28

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LAVADXD-ViolenceAP

LAVAD

XD-Violence AP: 62.01

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LAVADUBnormalAUC

LAVAD

UBnormal AUC: 64.23

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