In 2021, Nanaimo recorded 15 bike theft incidents, accounting for 1.3% of the city's 1,173 total open-data incidents across all categories. Bike theft ranked sixth among all six tracked categories in Nanaimo for the full calendar year. This marked a decrease from the 35 incidents documented in 2020. These figures reflect reported incidents in the municipal open-data feed rather than total occurrences.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Nanaimo.
The 2021 bike‑theft page summarises all reported incidents of bicycle theft in Nanaimo for the complete calendar year. The dataset records fifteen incidents, representing 1.3 % of the city’s total 1,173 reported crimes for the same period.
Bike theft accounts for a small share of overall crime in Nanaimo, ranking sixth out of six offence categories. Compared with the next lowest category, auto theft, which recorded thirty incidents, bike theft’s fifteen incidents are half that number. The category saw a notable decline from thirty‑five incidents in 2020 to fifteen in 2021, a drop of 57.1 %. This reduction contributes to its low ranking despite the city‑wide total remaining steady. The city’s overall crime count for 2021 was 1,173, placing bike theft well below the leading categories such as mischief (533 incidents) and theft (294 incidents).
Bike theft ranks sixth of six offence categories in Nanaimo’s 2021 crime data, making it the least frequent. It recorded fifteen incidents, far fewer than mischief’s 533 reports and theft’s 294 reports. The next lowest sibling, auto theft, saw thirty incidents, twice the bike‑theft count. Break and enter accounted for 97 incidents, while theft from vehicle reported 204 incidents. This positioning highlights that bike theft contributes a modest portion of the city’s overall crime landscape. Its share of total incidents is 1.3 %, reflecting its limited impact relative to other crime types.
The bike‑theft count of fifteen places this offence at the bottom of Nanaimo’s six crime categories, contributing just 1.3 % of the total 1,173 reported incidents. A sharp 57.1 % decline from the previous year’s thirty‑five reports underscores a notable downward shift, though absolute numbers remain modest. Compared with the next lowest category, auto theft’s thirty incidents, bike theft is half as common, reinforcing its limited role in the city’s overall crime profile for 2021.
In 2021, Nanaimo recorded fifteen bike‑theft incidents. These fifteen reports represent 1.3 % of the city’s total of 1,173 crimes documented for that year.
Bike theft incidents fell from thirty‑five in 2020 to fifteen in 2021, a decline of 57.1 %. This sharp decrease highlights a notable year‑over‑year shift despite the overall crime count remaining steady.
Bike theft ranks sixth of six offence categories, making it the least common. It recorded fifteen incidents, whereas the next lowest category, auto theft, had thirty incidents, and larger categories such as mischief and theft had 533 and 294 incidents respectively.
Bike theft accounts for 1.3 % of all reported crimes in Nanaimo for 2021. With a city‑wide total of 1,173 incidents, the fifteen bike‑theft cases make up this small share of the overall crime landscape.
Data sourced from the British Columbia open‑data portal (BC).