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In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Vancouver recorded 20,238 total incidents in municipal open data. Theft was the top category with 7,348 offences, accounting for 36.3% of reported incidents, followed by Assault at 3,778 cases (18.7%). Central Business District logged the highest count among 24 neighbourhoods with 6,085 incidents. Additionally, Traffic & MVC represents 5,853 records across full-archive Other subcategories, comprising 100% of Other offences.

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Area × type · 2026 · Population 740,454 (2025) · 2026 is year-to-date, through Jul

About this data

This page covers public incident data for Vancouver, British Columbia, sourced from the official municipal open-data portal. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the dataset records 20,238 total incidents, all of which are dated incidents. Within this 2026 (YTD, through Jul) total, 3,788 violent-category incidents were logged across the city. For short-term context, the interactive map window covers a rolling 60-day period with 6,299 total incidents.

Providing structured open-data summaries allows residents, business owners, and researchers to review verified municipal incident records. By examining consistent reporting periods across Vancouver's 24 neighbourhoods, users can evaluate documented activity across major offence categories without relying on speculative claims or unofficial estimates. This open-data context offers an empirical view of municipal incident counts throughout the city during 2026 (YTD, through Jul).

Recent trend

Looking at complete calendar years in the open-data archive, Vancouver recorded 33,234 incidents in 2025, representing a 4.1% decrease from 34,667 incidents in 2024. Earlier archive series show total recorded incidents stood at 17,693 in 2021 before increasing to 36,078 in 2022 and reaching 37,779 in 2023. The headline count of 20,238 incidents represents 2026 (YTD, through Jul) and covers an open calendar year rather than a full annual period. Consequently, year-over-year percentage changes are evaluated using complete calendar years such as 2024 and 2025.

Category breakdown

For the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) reporting period, Theft is the leading category in Vancouver with 7,348 incidents, accounting for 36.3% of total open-data records. Assault ranks second with 3,778 incidents, representing 18.7% of reported events. Theft from vehicle is the third most reported category with 3,282 incidents, comprising 16.2% of total incidents. Other listed categories include Mischief with 3,206 incidents (15.8%), Break and enter with 1,161 incidents (5.7%), and Other with 705 incidents (3.5%). Across all categories, the city logged 20,238 total incidents during this timeframe, including 3,788 violent-category incidents. These category figures provide a detailed breakdown of reported occurrences in the municipal open-data feed.

Where incidents concentrate

Among Vancouver's 24 neighbourhoods in the dataset, Central Business District recorded the highest volume with 6,085 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Strathcona recorded 1,972 incidents, followed by West End with 1,756 incidents, Mount Pleasant with 1,301 incidents, and Renfrew-Collingwood with 1,180 incidents. Additional areas include Kensington-Cedar Cottage with 1,068 incidents. These counts reflect raw incident volume and activity concentration across local reporting zones. Because population figures are not available in this dataset, incident counts do not represent per-capita crime rates or individual risk levels across different neighbourhoods.

Key stats

  • Vancouver recorded 20,238 total open-data incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul).
  • Violent-category offences total 3,788 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul).
  • Theft leads all categories with 7,348 incidents, accounting for 36.3% of incidents.
  • Assault ranks second among categories with 3,778 reported incidents (18.7%).
  • Central Business District recorded 6,085 incidents across 24 local neighbourhoods.
  • Annual incidents dropped 4.1% from 34,667 in 2024 to 33,234 in 2025.

What these numbers mean

In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Vancouver's open-data profile is led by Theft with 7,348 incidents (36.3%) and Assault with 3,778 incidents (18.7%). Central Business District accounts for 6,085 of the 20,238 total incidents across 24 neighbourhoods. Across the multi-year archive, the full-archive Other breakdown shows 5,853 Traffic & MVC incidents, which represent 100% of the Other category archive and 3.2% of total archive incidents. Full calendar year counts show a 4.1% decline from 34,667 incidents in 2024 to 33,234 incidents in 2025 before entering the 2026 YTD period.

About this dataset

  • Reporting basis: Counts reflect incidents reported to police only. Under-reporting — especially for sexual assault, fraud, and minor theft — means actual incidence is higher than these figures show.
  • Not a per-capita rate: These are absolute incident counts. Comparing one place’s counts to another without normalising for population can mislead — see the Crime Severity Index for severity-weighted, population-adjusted rankings.
  • Privacy: Coordinates on the map are rounded to roughly 111 m so individual addresses cannot be inferred.
  • What "Other" includes: The parent Other category is split on the map into Traffic & MVC, Drugs, Weapons offences, Bylaw & Provincial, Calls for service, and Other crime. In this dataset the largest Other slice is Traffic & MVC (100% of Other, 5,853 records). These are open-data rows, not a separate "mystery crime" class.
  • Data window: 2026 (YTD, through Jul).

Frequently asked questions about crime in Vancouver

How many incidents have been reported in Vancouver in 2026 so far?

For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), a total of 20,238 incidents have been recorded in Vancouver open data. All 20,238 of these records feature precise timestamps. Across the broader archive period from 2021 to 2026, the database includes a total of 180,697 recorded incidents for the city.

What is the most common category of reported incidents in Vancouver?

Theft is the most frequently reported category in Vancouver for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 7,348 recorded incidents, accounting for 36.3% of the total. Assault ranks second with 3,778 incidents (18.7%), followed by theft from vehicle with 3,282 incidents (16.2%).

How did Vancouver's overall incident totals change between recent full years?

Comparing complete calendar years, Vancouver recorded 33,234 reported incidents in 2025, representing a decrease of 4.1% from the 34,667 incidents logged in 2024. In preceding full years, annual totals stood at 37,779 incidents in 2023, 36,078 incidents in 2022, and 17,693 incidents in 2021.

Which Vancouver neighbourhood has the highest number of reported incidents?

Central Business District recorded the highest count among Vancouver's 24 tracked neighbourhoods for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 6,085 reported incidents. Strathcona recorded the second-highest total with 1,972 incidents, followed by West End with 1,756 incidents and Mount Pleasant with 1,301 incidents.

Where do these Vancouver incident numbers come from?

The dataset is compiled from the official municipal open-data portal in BC, which publishes incident records for Vancouver. The portal tracks 24 distinct neighbourhoods across the city, capturing categories such as theft, assault, theft from vehicle, mischief, and break and enter.

How current are the incident records shown for Vancouver?

The year-to-date dataset for 2026 (YTD, through Jul) includes incidents through August 13, 2026, totaling 20,238 records. In contrast, the rolling 60-day map window displays 6,299 incidents up to the latest occurrence date, providing a short-term view of recent activity.

Sources

Data is sourced from the official municipal open-data portal in BC, providing incident records for Vancouver.

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theft is the largest category with 7,348 incidents (36.3%).

The highest-count local areas in the current data are Central Business District, Strathcona, West End, Mount Pleasant. These are incident counts, not per-capita risk rankings.

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