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Burnaby crime in 2025

In 2025, Burnaby, British Columbia recorded 2,336 total police incidents in the open dataset. Theft from vehicle was the primary category, accounting for 1,350 incidents. Break and enter represented the second highest category with 744 reported incidents, followed by auto theft with 242 incidents. The 2025 total represents 67.3% of the 3,470 total incidents recorded across all years in the city's archive.

2,336
Incidents in 2025
67.3%
Share of selected city data
1 of 2
Rank among years
Theft from vehicle
Top category
1,350 incidents

Category mix in 2025

57.8% of 2025 incidents
31.8% of 2025 incidents
10.4% of 2025 incidents

Burnaby crime 2025

In 2025, Burnaby recorded 2,336 reported incidents in the municipal open-data archive. This page provides a comprehensive breakdown of all logged offences across the municipality throughout the 2025 calendar year, delivering factual data for residents, journalists, and policy researchers analyzing public safety documentation in British Columbia. The figures published here reflect official police records uploaded to the city's open-data portal for the entire twelve-month period.

The 2,336 incidents recorded during 2025 account for 67.3 percent of the 3,470 total incidents logged in Burnaby's complete multi-year archive. This page details specific category breakdowns across the city, highlighting major incident classifications including theft from vehicle, break and enter, and auto theft reported over the course of the year.

Year-over-year

During 2025, vehicle-related and property offences formed the primary categories within Burnaby's open-data records. Theft from vehicle was the single highest category with 1,350 recorded incidents, followed by break and enter at 744 incidents and auto theft at 242 incidents. In total, Burnaby recorded 2,336 incidents in 2025 out of a full multi-year city archive of 3,470 incidents. With two years present in the dataset covering 2025 and 2026, 2025 ranks first in total volume, representing 67.3 percent of all recorded incidents on file. Because 2025 is the earliest year in this dataset, direct year-over-year comparison to prior periods is unavailable.

Key stats

What these numbers mean

Burnaby's 2025 open-data profile is defined by property and vehicle incidents, with theft from vehicle reaching 1,350 cases and break and enter logging 744 cases. Auto theft added 242 cases to the annual total. Ranking first out of two recorded years, 2025 generated 2,336 incidents compared to 1,134 in 2026, holding 67.3 percent of the city's 3,470 total archived incidents. The concentration of vehicle-related thefts stands out as the prominent feature in Burnaby's initial archived year.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Burnaby crime in 2025

How many incidents were recorded in Burnaby in 2025?

Burnaby recorded a total of 2,336 incidents in 2025 according to the municipal open-data dataset. This annual figure accounts for 67.3 percent of the 3,470 total incidents recorded in Burnaby across the entire multi-year archive covering 2025 and 2026.

How does 2025 rank compared to other recorded years in Burnaby?

Burnaby's 2025 dataset ranks first among the two calendar years present in the archive, with 2,336 recorded incidents compared to 1,134 incidents in 2026. Because 2025 is the earliest year in the available dataset, previous year-over-year comparison data is not available.

What were the most common incident categories in Burnaby during 2025?

The most frequent incident category in Burnaby in 2025 was theft from vehicle, which recorded 1,350 incidents. Break and enter was the second highest category with 744 incidents, followed by auto theft with 242 recorded incidents during the calendar year.

Where does the 2025 crime data for Burnaby originate?

The 2025 figures for Burnaby originate from the official open-data portal provided for the municipality in British Columbia (BC). The dataset includes 2,336 logged incidents for 2025 and forms part of an overall city archive totaling 3,470 recorded incidents.

Sources

Data is sourced from the official municipal open-data portal for Burnaby, BC.

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