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Coquitlam crime in 2021

In 2021, Coquitlam recorded 1,201 total reported incidents, representing 19.8% of the 6,064 incidents in the city's full multi-year archive. Theft from vehicle was the leading category with 789 incidents, followed by break and enter with 290 and auto theft with 122. Year-over-year comparison data is not available for this initial year in the series. Annual figures reflect official reporting totals rather than individual per-capita risk.

1,201
Incidents in 2021
19.8%
Share of selected city data
2 of 6
Rank among years
Theft from vehicle
Top category
789 incidents

Category mix in 2021

65.7% of 2021 incidents
24.1% of 2021 incidents
10.2% of 2021 incidents

Coquitlam crime 2021

In 2021, the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia recorded 1,201 total police-reported open-data incidents in the official municipal archive. This calendar-year count accounts for 19.8% of the 6,064 total incidents recorded in Coquitlam across the entire six-year tracking series spanning from 2021 through 2026.

This page provides an explicit annual summary of documented open-data incidents in Coquitlam for 2021. It examines top category distributions for the year, led by theft from vehicle with 789 recorded incidents, break and enter with 290 incidents, and auto theft with 122 incidents. The archive delivers a transparent baseline of reported incident counts in the municipality throughout the full 2021 calendar year.

Year-over-year

During 2021, property-related offences dominated the reported incident profile in Coquitlam. Theft from vehicle stood out as the leading category, contributing 789 incidents to the municipal total. Break and enter recorded 290 incidents, while auto theft accounted for 122 incidents. Together, these top categories formed the primary share of the 1,201 incidents catalogued that year. With 2021 serving as the baseline starting year of the city's available six-year dataset (2021–2026), its 1,201 incidents represent the second-highest annual total recorded across the multi-year series, behind only 2022 which logged 1,298 incidents.

Key stats

What these numbers mean

In 2021, Coquitlam's incident record was heavily weighted toward vehicle property crime, with theft from vehicle alone yielding 789 incidents out of the 1,201 total. Ranking 2nd overall across the six-year dataset (2021–2026), 2021 established an elevated annual volume that was surpassed only by 2022 with 1,298 incidents. The concentration in vehicle break-ins (789) and general break and enter (290) defined the city's open-data activity prior to subsequent declines in 2023 and 2024.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Coquitlam crime in 2021

How many total incidents were reported in Coquitlam in 2021?

In 2021, Coquitlam recorded 1,201 total police-reported open-data incidents. This figure represents 19.8% of the 6,064 overall incidents catalogued in the city's open-data archive across all tracked years from 2021 through 2026. The 2021 annual total stands as the second-highest year on record for Coquitlam in the six-year dataset.

What was the multi-year incident trend for Coquitlam following 2021?

Following the 1,201 incidents recorded in 2021, Coquitlam saw annual totals rise to 1,298 in 2022 before decreasing to 1,107 in 2023 and 945 in 2024. Counts subsequently rose to 1,072 in 2025, while 2026 logged 441 partial-year incidents. Year-over-year figures reflect changes in reported open-data volume across the city's six-year archive.

Which incident categories were most prevalent in Coquitlam in 2021?

The top category in Coquitlam in 2021 was theft from vehicle, which accounted for 789 incidents. Break and enter ranked second with 290 incidents, followed by auto theft with 122 incidents. Together, vehicle-related and structural entry offences accounted for the vast majority of the 1,201 total incidents reported in the city that year.

Where do the 2021 Coquitlam crime numbers come from?

The 2021 figures come directly from municipal open-data publications covering Coquitlam, BC. This public dataset tracks official police-reported incident logs in the municipality, recording 1,201 incidents in 2021 out of 6,064 total incidents published across the complete six-year archive from 2021 through 2026.

Sources

Incident data for Coquitlam, BC is sourced from municipal open-data releases.

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