During the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul), Vancouver recorded 20,209 total incidents while Victoria recorded 4,947 total incidents. Theft-related incidents represented the category with the largest raw-count difference between the two cities, with Vancouver reporting 10,878 incidents compared to 1,061 in Victoria (a difference of 9,817). Both open-data feeds track recorded police incidents across British Columbia for this comparable period.
During the same selected year period from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, municipal open-data portals recorded 20,209 total incidents in Vancouver, British Columbia, compared with 4,947 total incidents in Victoria, British Columbia. Both British Columbia cities provide official incident tracking across this shared seven-month timeframe, establishing a direct side-by-side comparison of published open-data records across both municipal jurisdictions.
The highest single category count in Vancouver between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, is theft-related incidents at 10,878 reported cases. For Victoria, the highest single category count during the exact same period is recorded under the other category with 2,970 incidents, followed by theft-related incidents with 1,061 cases. Vancouver also logged 3,768 assault incidents, 3,206 mischief incidents, and 1,152 break and enter incidents, whereas Victoria logged 168 assault incidents, 559 mischief incidents, and 151 break and enter incidents.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Vancouver's selected-period total of 20,209 incidents higher than Victoria's total of 4,947 incidents is primarily driven by three major category differences. Theft-related incidents show the largest raw difference, with Vancouver recording 10,878 cases compared to Victoria's 1,061 cases. Assault accounts for the second largest difference, where Vancouver logged 3,768 incidents and Victoria logged 168 incidents. Mischief represents the third largest positive difference, with Vancouver recording 3,206 incidents against 559 incidents in Victoria. Conversely, Victoria recorded higher numbers in the other category with 2,970 incidents compared to Vancouver's 708 incidents. Additionally, Vancouver recorded 486 bike theft incidents and 11 homicide incidents, while Victoria recorded 0 incidents in both categories.
During the January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, period, Vancouver's open-data total of 20,209 incidents significantly exceeds Victoria's total of 4,947 incidents, with theft-related incidents and assault driving the primary gaps between the two British Columbia cities. Vancouver logged 10,878 theft-related incidents and 3,768 assault incidents, whereas Victoria logged 1,061 theft-related incidents and 168 assault incidents. In contrast, Victoria reports a higher volume in the other category at 2,970 incidents compared to Vancouver's 708 incidents, highlighting distinct categorization distributions in their published open datasets.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Vancouver recorded 20,209 total incidents in its open-data portal, while Victoria recorded 4,947 total incidents. Both cities share the exact same year-to-date reporting window through July 2026, enabling a direct side-by-side comparison of published open-data totals across both British Columbia municipalities.
Theft-related incidents show the largest difference between the two cities, with Vancouver logging 10,878 incidents compared to Victoria's 1,061 incidents from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026. Assault also shows a large gap, with Vancouver recording 3,768 cases compared to Victoria's 168 cases during the same seven-month period.
Municipalities maintain independent data release schedules, update intervals, and historical archiving policies for open datasets. While Vancouver and Victoria currently share a same-period selection from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, full published archives vary, as Vancouver's dataset covers 2021 to 2026 while Victoria's published window covers March 2026 to August 2026.
From January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Vancouver recorded 1,152 break and enter incidents in its open-data portal, whereas Victoria recorded 151 break and enter incidents. Both totals represent official open-data records published by municipal authorities for the identical seven-month selected period in British Columbia.
Data for this comparison is drawn from municipal open-data portals in British Columbia covering published incident records for Vancouver and Victoria.