Richmond recorded 2,368 crime incidents in 2023, a rise of 106.8% from 2022’s 1,145 reports. Theft from vehicle was the most common offence with 1,296 cases, while break‑and‑enter (495) and bike theft (229) were the next leading categories. Richmond's 2023 incidents represent 11.8% of the city’s total archive of 20,079 reports. These figures reflect reporting totals for the calendar year and do not equate to per‑capita risk.
In 2023, Richmond, British Columbia recorded 2,368 open-data incidents in the city's public safety archive, representing a 106.8% increase compared to the 1,145 incidents recorded during 2022. These annual figures reflect official police reporting volume rather than changes in per-capita risk, serving as an indicator of logged incidents rather than full victimization rates across the municipality.
This summary provides a detailed overview of Richmond's 2023 reporting, breaking down leading categories such as theft from vehicle and break and enter. Within the broader dataset spanning 15 years from 2012 to 2026, 2023 accounted for 11.8% of the 20,079 total incidents recorded across the entire city-wide archive.
Comparing 2023 to 2022 reveals a noticeable shift in Richmond's recorded incident counts. The 2023 total of 2,368 incidents represented a 106.8% increase over the 1,145 incidents logged in 2022. Across the 15 recorded calendar years from 2012 to 2026, 2023 ranked 1st in overall reporting volume. By comparison, annual totals ranged from a low of 1,064 incidents in 2012 to 1,620 incidents in 2024. The 2023 figure stands out as the single highest annual total in the city's 20,079 total incident dataset, driven primarily by vehicle-related theft offences logged throughout the year.
Richmond's 2023 dataset is notable for ranking 1st across all 15 recorded years between 2012 and 2026. A strong concentration in property offences defined the year, led by theft from vehicle at 1,296 incidents and break and enter at 495 incidents. Vehicle and property categories dominated reporting, with bike theft reaching 229 incidents and auto theft reaching 179 incidents, pushing 2023 well past 2022's total of 1,145 incidents.
Richmond recorded 2,368 total open-data incidents in 2023. This total represents 11.8% of the 20,079 incidents documented in the city's full archive between 2012 and 2026. Among the 15 recorded calendar years in the dataset, 2023 recorded the single highest annual total.
In 2023, recorded incident counts in Richmond increased by 106.8% compared to 2022, rising from 1,145 incidents in 2022 to 2,368 incidents in 2023. Annual total changes reflect logged open-data reporting activity rather than direct measures of per-capita risk across the municipality.
The most frequent incident category in 2023 was theft from vehicle, with 1,296 reported incidents. Break and enter followed with 495 incidents, bike theft with 229 incidents, auto theft with 179 incidents, and general theft with 169 incidents recorded in open data.
This data originates from official public safety open-data portal releases published in British Columbia (BC). The recorded incident totals for 2023 cover 2,368 logged incidents out of the 20,079 total entries spanning the 2012 to 2026 archive period for Richmond.
Incident data for Richmond is sourced from municipal open-data portal releases in BC.