In 2026 year-to-date through July, Richmond recorded 80 reported bike theft incidents. This category accounts for 9.4% of the city's 852 total reported incidents across five tracked categories, ranking third in volume. By comparison, theft from vehicle recorded 438 incidents and break and enter recorded 260. Annual category totals reached a peak of 265 incidents in 2022 before decreasing to 159 in 2024 and 134 in 2025.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Richmond.
This page provides open-data figures for bike theft incidents reported across Richmond, British Columbia. For the selected reporting period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul), local open-data records show 80 bike theft incidents in the city. Across all tracked categories, Richmond logged 852 total reported incidents during these months, meaning bike theft accounted for 9.4 percent of all citywide incidents in this period.
Historical records spanning from 2012 through 2026 capture multi-year shifts in reported bike theft volume within Richmond. Annual totals peaked at 265 incidents in 2022, following earlier annual counts such as 235 incidents in 2020 and 201 incidents in 2021. For the most recent complete calendar year of 2025, Richmond recorded 134 bike theft incidents, representing a decline from 159 incidents in 2024.
In the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) reporting period, bike theft ranked 3rd among the 5 tracked crime categories in Richmond, with 80 incidents. This count places bike theft below theft from vehicle, which led all tracked categories with 438 incidents, and break and enter, which logged 260 incidents. However, reported bike theft was more frequent than auto theft, which recorded 49 incidents, as well as theft, which recorded 25 incidents during the same timeframe. These relative figures show where bike theft sits within Richmond's broader set of reported property offences.
Bike theft occupies a middle position in Richmond's open-data profile for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), ranking 3rd out of 5 tracked categories with 80 recorded incidents. While below vehicle-related property categories like theft from vehicle at 438 incidents, bike theft remains above general theft at 25 incidents. The multi-year series shows notable variation, declining from a peak of 265 incidents in 2022 to 134 in 2025, prior to the 80 incidents logged through July 2026.
For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Richmond recorded 80 reported bike theft incidents in open-data filings. This figure represents 9.4 percent of the 852 total incidents recorded across all 5 tracked categories in the city during the same period.
Bike theft ranked 3rd out of 5 tracked categories in Richmond for 2026 (YTD, through Jul). With 80 incidents, it was lower than theft from vehicle at 438 incidents and break and enter at 260 incidents, but higher than auto theft at 49 incidents and theft at 25 incidents.
Annual bike theft totals in Richmond fluctuated over time, rising from 1 incident in 2014 to a peak of 265 incidents in 2022. Between complete calendar years, reported bike thefts dropped from 159 in 2024 to 134 in 2025, marking a 15.7 percent decrease.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), bike theft accounted for 9.4 percent of all open-data incidents recorded in Richmond. That share reflects 80 bike theft occurrences out of a citywide total of 852 incidents logged across all tracked categories during those months.
Data is sourced from municipal open-data portals and public police incident records in Richmond, BC.