In 2026 year-to-date (through July), Victoria recorded 773 reported theft incidents. This accounts for 15.6% of the city total of 4,947 incidents across all eight categories, ranking Theft second overall behind the Other category (2,970). Among specific property and violent crime categories, Theft is more frequent than Mischief (559) and Theft from vehicle (268). The highest listed neighbourhood count for this category was recorded in VICTORIA with 102 incidents.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Victoria.
This page provides an overview of open-data Theft incident statistics recorded in Victoria, British Columbia, for 2026 year-to-date through July. Across all 8 tracked crime categories in the city, municipal records document a city total of 4,947 incidents. Of those total reported events, Theft accounts for 773 incidents, which represents 15.6% of all city incidents in the dataset.
The data presented here encompasses incident reports logged between March 16, 2026, and August 13, 2026, with all 773 category incidents fully dated and zero undated records. Additionally, the rolling 60-day map tier records 2,212 total incidents across the municipality. Examining these published figures offers clear insight into official open-data incident counts across Victoria without reliance on estimates or unverified claims.
Within Victoria's 8 recorded crime categories, Theft ranks 2nd overall with 773 incidents. It is second only to the Other category, which recorded 2,970 incidents during the same 2026 year-to-date window. Theft accounts for a higher count than Mischief, which recorded 559 incidents, and Theft from vehicle, which stands at 268 incidents. Furthermore, Theft recorded more incidents than Assault with 168 incidents and Break and enter with 151 incidents. These figures establish how Theft relates directly to sibling offence categories in the city's published open-data records.
Theft stands out as the second largest specific category in Victoria's 2026 year-to-date dataset, totaling 773 incidents and trailing only the broad Other category. Representing 15.6% of the 4,947 total city incidents, Theft records more than double the count of Theft from vehicle at 268 incidents and nearly five times the count of Assault at 168 incidents. Location data shows VICTORIA leading all listed areas with 102 incidents, while specific intersections such as PANDORA AVE & GOVERNMENT ST record 3 incidents. The 2026 series contains 773 incidents for this single year.
In 2026 year-to-date through July, Victoria recorded 773 Theft incidents. All 773 of these incidents are dated records in the municipal dataset, with zero undated records. Theft represents 15.6% of the 4,947 total incidents recorded across all categories in the city during this timeframe.
Theft ranks 2nd among the 8 crime categories tracked in Victoria. It is lower than Other, which recorded 2,970 incidents, but higher than Mischief at 559 incidents, Theft from vehicle at 268 incidents, Assault at 168 incidents, and Break and enter at 151 incidents.
The location with the highest count in the 2026 dataset is VICTORIA with 102 Theft incidents. Other listed locations include BLOCK VICTORIA with 3 incidents, PANDORA AVE & GOVERNMENT ST with 3 incidents, HILLSIDE AVE & DOUGLAS ST with 2 incidents, and PANDORA AVE & VANCOUVER ST with 2 incidents.
The 2026 year-to-date total of 773 Theft incidents reflects open-data records collected from March 16, 2026, to August 13, 2026, out of 4,947 total city incidents. In contrast, the rolling 60-day map window covers a separate recent timeframe containing 2,212 total incidents across all categories.
Crime statistics for Victoria are derived from official municipal open-data portal feeds in BC.