Langley recorded 26 mischief incidents in the 2026 year‑to‑date period through July, representing 2.1% of the city’s total of 1,220 reported crimes across all categories. The YTD figure reflects the latest calendar year data and is drawn from the full archive rather than a 60‑day map window. Compared with sibling categories, mischief ranks sixth out of six, with theft and theft from vehicle accounting for far larger shares.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Langley.
This page presents open-data incidents classified as Mischief for Langley, British Columbia, covering the latest calendar year 2026 up to July. The dataset records 26 reported mischief offences, representing 2.1 % of the city’s total 1,220 incidents across all categories.
The figures reflect incidents that were officially reported to law‑enforcement during the period; unreported mischief activity is not captured. Because the reporting window stops at the end of July, the count does not represent a full calendar year, limiting direct comparison with prior complete years. Nevertheless, the YTD total of 26 is markedly lower than the 52 incidents recorded in 2025, indicating a recent decline after a sharp increase the previous year. Mischief remains the least common offence category, ranking sixth among six categories in Langley.
Within Langley’s crime landscape, Mischief accounts for 26 incidents, placing it sixth out of six offence categories. It is far less frequent than Theft, which recorded 439 incidents, and Theft from vehicle with 403 incidents. Break and enter contributed 215 incidents, while Auto theft and Bike theft recorded 95 and 42 incidents respectively. This makes Mischief the least common category by a wide margin, representing just over two percent of the total 1,220 offences. The low count aligns with the overall YTD trend, where mischief incidents have declined from the previous year’s 52.
Langley’s mischief offences remain the smallest segment of the city’s crime profile, accounting for just 2.1 % of all reported incidents. The category’s YTD total of 26 in 2026 follows a notable drop after a 205.9 % surge to 52 incidents in 2025, suggesting volatility in reporting rather than a sustained rise. Its sixth‑place rank among six categories underscores its relative rarity compared with theft‑related offences that dominate the counts. The available data capture only reported cases, so the true prevalence may be modestly higher.
The open‑data set records 26 mischief incidents for Langley in 2026 up to the end of July. These incidents represent 2.1 % of the city’s total of 1,220 reported offences across all categories during the same YTD period. The figure reflects only incidents officially reported to police.
Mischief is the least common offence type in Langley, ranking sixth out of six categories. With 26 incidents it accounts for just 2.1 % of all reported crimes. By contrast, Theft recorded 439 incidents and Theft from vehicle 403, each far exceeding the mischief total.
The data show a sharp increase in mischief incidents from 2024 to 2025. Reported cases rose from 17 in 2024 to 52 in 2025, a 205.9 % jump. This increase was followed by a decline to 26 incidents in the 2026 YTD period.
Neighbourhood‑level data for mischief is not provided in the current dataset, so no specific areas can be identified as having higher counts. The city‑wide total of 26 incidents is the only available figure for this offence type.
Data sourced from the British Columbia open‑data portal (BC).