In 2021 Nanaimo recorded 97 break and enter incidents, accounting for 8.3 % of the city’s total 1,173 reported crimes. Compared with 2020, the count fell from 103 to 97, a modest decline of 5.8 %. Break and enter ranked fourth among six offence categories, behind mischief, theft and theft from vehicle. Mischief had 533 incidents, theft 294, and theft from vehicle 204. The data cover the complete calendar year.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Nanaimo.
This page presents the open‑data record for break and enter incidents in Nanaimo, British Columbia for the calendar year 2021. The data set captures every reported break‑in and unlawful entry that police recorded for the entire year and excludes the 60‑day rolling map window used elsewhere on the site. It reflects the official counts released by the municipal police service and follows the standard city‑wide crime reporting framework.
In 2021 the city logged 97 break and enter offences, representing 8.3 % of the total 1,173 reported incidents across all crime categories. This makes break and enter the fourth most common offence type among the six tracked categories.
Break and enter ranks fourth among Nanaimo’s six crime categories for 2021. It recorded 97 incidents, while mischief was the most frequent with 533 reports, followed by theft at 294 and theft from vehicle at 204. Auto theft accounted for 30 incidents and bike theft for 15. Together these categories sum to the city’s total of 1,173 reported incidents.
Break and enter made up 97 reported cases in 2021, representing 8.3 % of Nanaimo’s overall crime count and placing the offence in fourth position among six categories. The modest decline of 5.8 % from 103 incidents in 2020 suggests a slight improvement, though the numbers remain well below the high‑frequency mischief and theft categories. The category’s middle ranking indicates it is a notable, but not dominant, part of the city’s crime profile for the year.
The open‑data set records 97 break and enter incidents for 2021. These cases represent 8.3 % of the city’s total of 1,173 reported crimes across all categories.
Mischief is the most common offence with 533 reports, far exceeding the 97 break and enter incidents recorded in 2021. Break and enter therefore ranks below mischief and theft but above auto and bike theft.
Break and enter incidents fell from 103 in 2020 to 97 in 2021, a decline of 5.8 %. The reduction reflects a modest downward shift in reported cases year over year.
Break and enter accounts for 8.3 % of all reported crimes in Nanaimo for 2021, with 97 incidents out of a total city count of 1,173.
Source: BC open data portal.