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British Columbia

British Columbia is represented by 12 cities on CrimeMaps.ca with a combined 13K+ crime incidents from official open-data portals spanning 2021–2026. Severity rankings below use the official Statistics Canada CSI.

British Columbia crime statistics

Crime data in British Columbia comes from municipal police services and open-data portals. The province's 12 reporting cities vary in coverage period and category detail. Vancouver accounts for the largest share of reported incidents, followed by Victoria.

British Columbia cities by crime severity

British Columbia cities ranked by the Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index (CSI). Per-category open-data rates are on the national and province ranking pages. See the methodology for sources and annualization rules.

Safest cities in British Columbia

Safest cities in British Columbia by official CSI (ascending)
#CityCSI 2024Violent CSI
1 Burnaby 67.5 60.8
2 Victoria 71.0
3 Langley 78.5 80.0
4 Maple Ridge 78.5 80.0
5 Vancouver 81.2
6 Surrey 86.5 79.3
7 Abbotsford 92.0 98.1
8 Nanaimo 106.7
9 Richmond 119.1 54.1

Highest-crime cities in British Columbia

Highest-crime cities in British Columbia by official CSI (descending)
#CityCSI 2024Violent CSI
1 Richmond 119.1 54.1
2 Nanaimo 106.7
3 Abbotsford 92.0 98.1
4 Surrey 86.5 79.3
5 Vancouver 81.2
6 Langley 78.5 80.0
7 Maple Ridge 78.5 80.0
8 Victoria 71.0
9 Burnaby 67.5 60.8

Cities in British Columbia

About this dataset

CrimeMaps.ca is an interactive crime map of Canada, aggregating open crime incidents from Canadian cities, regions, and census places on official police and municipal open-data portals. Hundreds of mapped places; dedicated city pages for major centres. No account is required.

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