In 2026 year-to-date through July, Richmond recorded 25 reported theft incidents, accounting for 2.9% of the city total of 852 incidents across tracked categories. Theft ranks fifth among five categories in the city during this period, behind theft from vehicle (438), break and enter (260), bike theft (80), and auto theft (49). In 2025, Richmond logged 53 theft incidents, down 27.4% from 73 in 2024.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Richmond.
This page details official open-data records for reported Theft incidents in the city of Richmond, British Columbia. For the selected reporting timeframe of 2026 (YTD, through Jul), municipal open-data publications document a total of 25 Theft incidents recorded by law enforcement across the municipality. All 25 of these incidents are dated records. This collection forms part of Richmond's broader open-data crime archive, which documents incidents from January 1, 2012 through August 10, 2026.
Across all five tracked crime categories in Richmond during 2026 (YTD, through Jul), police documented 852 total incidents. Theft accounted for 2.9% of city incidents in this period, positioning it within the overall municipal property crime breakdown. The numbers published here represent raw police incident counts from official data releases rather than per-population crime rates, reflecting reported events logged in municipal records.
In Richmond's 2026 (YTD, through Jul) open-data release, Theft ranks 5th among all 5 tracked crime categories in the city. With 25 recorded incidents, Theft was less frequent than every sibling category in the dataset. Theft from vehicle recorded the highest volume with 438 incidents, while Break and enter logged 260 incidents. Bike theft registered 80 incidents, and Auto theft accounted for 49 incidents. Because its 25 incidents remain lower than Auto theft's 49 incidents, Theft stands as the least common of the 5 categories tracked in Richmond during this period.
Theft represents a relatively small share of Richmond's tracked crime dataset, accounting for 2.9% of city incidents and ranking 5th out of 5 categories in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). The multi-year annual series shows substantial fluctuation over time, moving from 11 incidents in 2020 up to a peak of 169 incidents in 2023. Annual totals subsequently declined from 73 incidents in 2024 to 53 in 2025, marking a 27.4% single-year decrease. In the 2026 YTD figures through July, 25 Theft incidents have been logged, keeping Theft below vehicle-related offences in overall recorded volume.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Richmond recorded 25 Theft incidents. These 25 records represent 2.9% of the 852 total incidents documented across all five tracked crime categories in Richmond's open-data release for that timeframe. All 25 recorded Theft incidents during this period contain valid date entries in the municipal open-data archive.
Theft ranks 5th out of 5 tracked crime categories in Richmond for 2026 (YTD, through Jul). With 25 incidents, Theft recorded a lower count than Theft from vehicle at 438, Break and enter at 260, Bike theft at 80, and Auto theft at 49 incidents. It currently represents the smallest category by incident volume in Richmond's published open data.
Between complete calendar years 2024 and 2025, reported Theft incidents in Richmond decreased by 27.4%. The category recorded 73 incidents in 2024 compared to 53 incidents in 2025. Over the historical series from 2012 to 2026, annual Theft counts have ranged from a low of 11 incidents in 2020 to a high of 169 incidents in 2023.
The historical peak for Theft incidents in Richmond occurred in 2023, when municipal police recorded 169 incidents in the annual dataset. By comparison, earlier annual figures included 150 incidents in 2017, 84 in 2021, and 53 in 2022. The count for 2025 stood at 53 incidents, while 2026 (YTD, through Jul) stands at 25 incidents.
Crime figures are derived from official police open-data releases published for Richmond, BC.