During 2021, Nanaimo recorded 1,173 reported criminal incidents, covering the full calendar year. The dataset shows no violent offences for that period. Mischief was the most common category, accounting for 533 incidents or 45.4% of the total. Theft followed with 294 incidents, and theft from vehicles contributed 204 cases. The 2020 archive listed 1,324 incidents, indicating a decrease in reported activity compared with the previous year.
Area × type · 2021 · Population 111,845 (2025) Per-100K rates need neighbourhood population estimates; showing counts until area populations are available.
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This page presents the 2021 open‑data crime totals for Nanaimo, British Columbia, sourced from the municipality’s official police open‑data portal. The headline figure of 1,173 incidents reflects the complete calendar year, not the 60‑day rolling map window.
These counts help residents, researchers and policymakers understand the overall level and types of reported incidents in Nanaimo for 2021, offering a baseline for comparison with other jurisdictions or future years.
Year‑over‑year change is not available for 2021 because the dataset does not provide a YoY comparison for this period. Consequently, no percentage increase or decrease can be reported.
In 2021, the most common incident type was Mischief, with 533 reports accounting for 45.4% of all incidents. Theft followed with 294 incidents (25.1%), and Theft from vehicle comprised 204 incidents (17.4%). Break and enter contributed 97 incidents (8.3%), while Auto theft and Bike theft recorded 30 (2.6%) and 15 (1.3%) incidents respectively. No violent offences were recorded for the year.
Mischief dominates Nanaimo's 2021 crime mix, making up almost half of all reported incidents, while theft‑related offences together represent over two‑thirds of the total. The complete‑year total of 1,173 incidents is noticeably higher than the 60‑day map window count of 900, highlighting the seasonal or short‑term fluctuations that the map may not capture. With zero violent offences recorded, the data suggests a comparatively low level of violent crime for the year.
Nanaimo's 2021 open-data page lists 1,173 reported incidents for the year-level selection. This total comes from the full archive and is not the rolling 60-day view on the interactive map. The count covers all categories in this feed, with mischief the most frequent type.
Mischief was the most common category, with 533 incidents, or 45.4% of the 2021 total. Theft followed with 294 incidents (25.1%), theft from vehicle with 204 (17.4%), and break and enter with 97 (8.3%). These are the source's own category labels.
A published year-over-year change is not available for this period. The archive lists 1,324 incidents for 2020 and 1,173 incidents for 2021, so the 2021 total is lower than the previous archive year. The dataset does not supply an official year-over-year percentage for this comparison.
Neighbourhood-level breakdowns are not available for this source. The Nanaimo open-data feed does not publish counts by neighbourhood, so the 2021 total of 1,173 incidents is reported at the city and category level only.
This page draws on official police open-data figures for Nanaimo, British Columbia. The source metadata does not name a specific police service, so it is described as an official police / municipal open-data portal for BC. The 2021 file contains 1,173 incidents across the published categories.
The selected period is the 2021 year from the archive, and the latest occurrence date in this feed is March 21, 2021. The interactive map's 60-day window is separate and uses a different, rolling date tier rather than these year totals.
These figures are drawn from the official police / municipal open-data portal for Nanaimo, British Columbia (BC), covering archive years 2020–2021; the 2021 selected-period total is 1,173 incidents.
Drill into categories, years, and areas on the interactive map. Counts below use the same open-data archive as the city overview.