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Theft in Nanaimo

⚠ Nanaimo's open-data feed stopped updating on 2021-03-21 (5 years ago). The numbers below are a frozen snapshot, not current. More recent data may be available from the local police service.

2021 saw 294 theft incidents reported in Nanaimo, accounting for 25.1% of the city’s total 1,173 recorded crimes. This makes theft the second‑most common offence category, behind mischief, and more frequent than theft from vehicle, break‑and‑enter, auto theft, and bike theft. Compared with 2020, theft counts rose modestly by 3.5%, increasing from 284 to 294 incidents. All figures are based on the province’s open‑data archive for the full calendar year.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Nanaimo.

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Theft in Nanaimo

This page details open-data crime statistics for Theft incidents logged in Nanaimo, British Columbia, covering the complete 2021 calendar year period. Local authorities and open-data repositories publish these figures to provide factual documentation of recorded police incidents across the municipality. In 2021, Nanaimo logged 1,173 total incidents across all six tracked crime categories, making property and offence tracking an important part of public record keeping for the community.

For the 2021 reporting year, Nanaimo registered 294 Theft incidents in total. Theft accounted for 25.1 percent of the city's overall incident count of 1,173. The published dataset includes records spanning from September 22, 2020, to March 21, 2021, within the dated incident log. Tracking this category alongside other municipal offences illustrates how Theft fits into Nanaimo's broader open-data crime summary for the year.

How Theft compares

Within Nanaimo's six recorded crime categories for 2021, Theft ranks second overall with 294 incidents. Mischief stands as the single most frequent category in the city with 533 incidents, making it higher than Theft. In contrast, Theft recorded a greater volume than the four remaining sibling categories: Theft from vehicle logged 204 incidents, Break and enter recorded 97, Auto theft logged 30, and Bike theft registered 15. Placing 294 Theft incidents in this comparative framework shows its relative position across Nanaimo's reported open-data categories.

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What these numbers mean

Theft represents a major category in Nanaimo's 2021 open-data record, accounting for 25.1 percent of all 1,173 city incidents. With 294 incidents, it stands as the second largest category behind Mischief (533 incidents). Between 2020 and 2021, Theft incidents increased slightly by 3.5 percent, rising from 284 to 294 records. This year-over-year shift shows consistent incident volume across the two-year series, while remaining higher than vehicle-related property categories such as Theft from vehicle (204) and Auto theft (30).

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Theft in Nanaimo

How many Theft incidents were recorded in Nanaimo in 2021?

In 2021, Nanaimo logged 294 Theft incidents according to municipal open-data records. This figure represents complete calendar year totals from the city's published database. Theft was the second most frequent category recorded in Nanaimo during that period, sitting below Mischief which registered 533 incidents.

What percentage of Nanaimo's total crime incidents were Theft in 2021?

Theft accounted for exactly 25.1 percent of Nanaimo's total recorded crime incidents in 2021. Out of 1,173 total city incidents logged across all six categories, 294 were categorized as Theft. This makes Theft one of the main contributing categories to Nanaimo's overall annual open-data count.

How did Theft counts in Nanaimo change from 2020 to 2021?

Theft incidents in Nanaimo increased by 3.5 percent between 2020 and 2021. In 2020, the city registered 284 Theft incidents, compared to 294 incidents recorded in 2021. This reflects complete calendar year figures based on official municipal open-data records in the two-year series for the city.

How does Theft compare to vehicle-related thefts in Nanaimo?

In 2021, general Theft recorded 294 incidents in Nanaimo, placing higher than related property categories. For comparison, Theft from vehicle logged 204 incidents, Break and enter registered 97 incidents, Auto theft recorded 30 incidents, and Bike theft logged 15 incidents in the published open dataset.

Other crime categories in Nanaimo

Sources

Data is sourced from police open-data releases for Nanaimo, BC, published for the 2020–2021 reporting periods.

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