For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Abbotsford reported 2,276 total incidents, whereas Vancouver logged 20,238 total incidents in open data tracking. The category with the largest raw count difference between the two cities was theft-related incidents, which reached 1,501 in Abbotsford compared with 10,888 in Vancouver. Both municipalities share a comparable 2026 reporting period, enabling a direct side-by-side breakdown of open data incident totals across tracked categories.
From January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, official open-data releases document 2,276 total reported incidents in Abbotsford and 20,238 total reported incidents in Vancouver. This shared year-to-date window provides a direct same-period comparison of municipal police records within British Columbia. Both datasets track incident classifications across the identical seven-month period from January through July 2026.
Across this selected timeframe, theft-related incidents form the single largest category for both jurisdictions. However, substantial variance occurs across specific classifications such as assault, mischief, and break and enter. For example, Abbotsford logged 1,501 theft-related incidents and 540 mischief incidents, while Vancouver logged 10,888 theft-related incidents and 3,206 mischief incidents. Comparing these figures highlights how category volumes differ between both published feeds.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Vancouver recorded 20,238 total incidents compared to 2,276 incidents in Abbotsford. The largest raw category difference occurred in theft-related incidents, where Vancouver published 10,888 records and Abbotsford published 1,501 records. The second largest gap was in assault, with Vancouver reporting 3,778 incidents while Abbotsford reported 0 incidents in its open feed. Mischief accounted for the third largest category difference, with Vancouver recording 3,206 incidents compared to 540 in Abbotsford. Additionally, break and enter figures reached 1,161 in Vancouver and 181 in Abbotsford. Conversely, Abbotsford reported 38 robbery incidents during this period, whereas Vancouver recorded 0 robbery incidents in its corresponding open-data category breakdown.
In the January through July 2026 dataset, theft-related incidents dominate total volume in both Abbotsford (1,501) and Vancouver (10,888). However, distinct differences emerge in secondary classifications: Vancouver logs substantial assault (3,778) and bike theft (490) records, categories that show 0 incidents in Abbotsford's open feed. Conversely, Abbotsford records 38 robbery incidents compared to 0 in Vancouver's dataset. Mischief forms a significant secondary category in both cities, with 540 records in Abbotsford and 3,206 in Vancouver.
For the year-to-date period from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Abbotsford recorded 2,276 total incidents while Vancouver recorded 20,238 total incidents. Both totals reflect police-reported incidents uploaded to each city's respective open-data portal during this identical seven-month window.
Theft-related incidents represent the largest single category for both municipalities between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026. During this period, Abbotsford logged 1,501 theft-related incidents, while Vancouver logged 10,888 theft-related incidents. This normalized category includes general theft, auto theft, and theft from vehicle records.
Municipal open-data portals use different categorization structures and feed parameters. For instance, between January and July 2026, Vancouver reported 3,778 assault incidents while Abbotsford logged 0 assault incidents in its open portal. Similarly, Abbotsford recorded 38 robbery incidents while Vancouver recorded 0 robbery incidents in this comparison view, reflecting distinct local classification policies.
Municipalities maintain individual schedules for updating public police records based on local administrative processes and technical pipelines. For example, Abbotsford's published window in this dataset covers 2026 with 2,276 incidents, whereas Vancouver's archive spans 2021 through 2026 with 20,238 incidents in the selected 2026 YTD window. Comparisons require aligning data to matching timeframes.
Data compiled from open-data portals published by municipal police services in British Columbia.