In 2026 year-to-date through July, Vancouver recorded 7,348 theft incidents, accounting for 36.3% of the city total of 20,238 incidents across 9 categories. Theft ranks first among all categories, ahead of assault with 3,778 incidents. Among neighbourhood totals, the Central Business District recorded 2,246 theft incidents, followed by the West End with 716. In full-year 2025 data, Vancouver recorded 11,495 theft incidents, compared to 11,126 in 2024.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Vancouver.
This page presents official open-data incident records for Theft in Vancouver, British Columbia. During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Vancouver recorded 7,348 reported Theft incidents out of a city total of 20,238 reported incidents across all 9 tracked categories. Theft accounts for exactly 36.3% of all reported incidents in Vancouver during this selected year-to-date timeframe.
The underlying open dataset for Vancouver spans from July 1, 2021 to August 13, 2026. In the multi-year category series, annual Theft counts were 4,130 in 2021, 9,062 in 2022, 10,476 in 2023, 11,126 in 2024, and 11,495 in 2025. The 2026 count of 7,348 represents reported incidents through July, making Theft the most reported category in the city.
In Vancouver, Theft ranks 1 out of 9 total categories during 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 7,348 reported incidents. This total is higher than all sibling categories in the published data. Specifically, Theft recorded more incidents than Assault (3,778), Theft from vehicle (3,282), Mischief (3,206), Break and enter (1,161), and Other (705). Theft alone comprises 36.3% of the 20,238 total city-wide incidents reported across all categories during this period, establishing it as the largest single category in the Vancouver open-data feed.
Theft stands out as Vancouver's most reported crime category, ranking first among all 9 categories and generating 36.3% of the city's total reported incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). In the multi-year complete series, Theft grew annually from 4,130 incidents in 2021 to 11,495 in 2025, including a 3.3% increase between 2024 (11,126 incidents) and 2025. Among local areas, Central Business District recorded 2,246 incidents, followed by West End with 716 incidents.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Vancouver recorded 7,348 reported Theft incidents. This represents 36.3% of the 20,238 total reported incidents across all 9 categories in the city during this period. In the previous complete calendar year of 2025, Theft total reached 11,495 incidents.
Theft is the highest-ranked category in Vancouver, holding rank 1 out of 9 total categories. Its 7,348 reported incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul) exceed all other categories, including Assault with 3,778 incidents, Theft from vehicle with 3,282 incidents, Mischief with 3,206 incidents, and Break and enter with 1,161 incidents.
Central Business District recorded the highest count in Vancouver with 2,246 Theft incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Other top listed neighbourhoods include West End with 716 incidents, Mount Pleasant with 593 incidents, Renfrew-Collingwood with 560 incidents, and Strathcona with 493 incidents.
Between 2024 and 2025, Theft incidents in Vancouver increased by 3.3%, rising from 11,126 reported incidents in 2024 to 11,495 incidents in 2025. Across the entire multi-year series, full-year Theft totals grew from 4,130 in 2021 to 9,062 in 2022 and 10,476 in 2023.
Data is sourced from open-data incident records published for Vancouver, BC.