In 2022, Richmond recorded 1,145 total incidents, representing 5.7% of the 20,079 city-wide incidents documented across the multi-year archive. This reflects a 2.8% increase from 1,114 incidents reported in 2021, though year totals reflect annual reporting variations rather than per-capita risk. Break and enter was the most frequent category with 609 incidents, followed by Bike theft with 265 incidents, Auto theft with 213 incidents, Theft with 53, and Theft from vehicle with 5.
In 2022 Richmond, British Columbia logged 1,145 reported incidents, representing a 2.8% rise from the 1,114 incidents recorded in 2021. The year’s total accounts for 5.7% of the city’s overall archive of 20,079 incidents and places 2022 as the 10th‑ranked year out of fifteen years on record.
This page presents the full‑archive calendar‑year total for 2022, lists the leading offence categories by count, and situates the year within Richmond’s longitudinal crime data series. All figures are drawn from the municipal open‑data set released by the Richmond Police Service. The dataset captures incidents reported to police and does not reflect unreported activity.
Richmond’s 2022 incident count of 1,145 modestly exceeded the 1,114 incidents recorded in 2021, marking a 2.8% year‑over‑year increase. While the rise is small, the figure reflects the full calendar year and should not be interpreted as a change in per‑capita risk. Compared with the city‑wide archive, 2022 contributes just under six percent of the total 20,079 incidents, underscoring that the majority of recorded crimes occurred in other years. The upward trend aligns with a gradual climb after a dip in 2020‑2021, positioning 2022 within a stable middle range of the fifteen‑year series.
Break‑and‑enter dominates Richmond’s 2022 crime profile, accounting for over half of all reported incidents (609 of 1,145). Property‑theft types—bike and auto theft—combined contribute another 478 cases, highlighting a strong theft focus. The modest 2.8% year‑over‑year rise keeps 2022 in the middle of the fifteen‑year span, where counts have fluctuated between 1,064 and 2,368. Its 10th‑place ranking suggests no dramatic shift, but the concentration of theft‑related offences may warrant targeted community��safety initiatives.
Richmond recorded 1,145 police‑reported incidents in 2022. This figure represents 5.7% of the city’s cumulative archive of 20,079 incidents and places the year as the 10th‑ranked out of fifteen years on record. Compared with the previous year’s 1,114 incidents, the count rose by 31 cases (2.8%).
Incidents rose slightly in 2022, increasing from 1,114 in 2021 to 1,145, a 2.8% year‑over‑year growth. The change reflects a modest upward movement after a dip in 2020‑2021, but the total remains within the mid‑range of the city’s fifteen‑year historic series.
The leading offence in 2022 was break‑and‑enter, with 609 incidents, accounting for more than half of all reports. Bike theft followed with 265 cases, and auto theft contributed 213 incidents. Together these three categories comprised roughly 80% of the year’s total crime count.
The figures are sourced from the Richmond Police Service’s open‑data portal, published as part of British Columbia’s municipal crime data releases. The dataset aggregates all incidents reported to police for the full calendar year of 2022 and is refreshed periodically by the provincial open‑data platform.
Data sourced from the Richmond Police Service open‑data portal (BC).