Nanaimo recorded 1,324 criminal incidents in 2020. The most common offence was Mischief, accounting for 574 reports. Theft from vehicle followed with 295 cases, and Theft contributed 284 incidents. Break and enter, Bike theft, and Auto theft together made up the remaining 171 reports. These figures represent the full‑archive calendar‑year total for 2020 and are included in the city’s overall archive of 2,497 incidents.
In 2020, Nanaimo, British Columbia recorded a total of 1,324 open-data incidents. This page provides a comprehensive factual breakdown of all reported incidents within the city during the 2020 calendar year. It details the category breakdown across Nanaimo for the entire twelve-month period.
The 1,324 incidents recorded in 2020 account for 53 percent of the 2,497 total incidents logged across Nanaimo's multi-year open-data archive, which spans from 2020 to 2021. The open-data records cover major categories such as mischief, theft from vehicle, theft, break and enter, bike theft, and auto theft. This report outlines the distribution of these documented incidents throughout the city.
As the earliest year in Nanaimo's open-data archive, 2020 documented 1,324 incidents across the city. Because 2020 represents the start of the dataset covering 2020 to 2021, prior year-over-year comparison figures are unavailable. Mischief was the most frequently logged category during 2020, with 574 recorded incidents. Theft from vehicle followed with 295 incidents, while general theft accounted for 284 records. Break and enter recorded 103 incidents, bike theft registered 35 incidents, and auto theft logged 33 incidents. Together, these figures establish the baseline open-data record for Nanaimo across the two-year archived period ending in 2021.
In 2020, Nanaimo logged 1,324 incidents, making it the higher-volume year of the city's two-year dataset spanning 2020 to 2021, where 2020 ranks 1st. Property-related incidents formed the primary focus of recorded activity that year, led by mischief at 574 incidents and theft from vehicle at 295 incidents. General theft also saw 284 incidents, while break and enter registered 103 records. Bike theft and auto theft recorded lower volumes, at 35 and 33 incidents respectively. Overall, 2020 represented 53 percent of the city's 2,497 total archive records.
In 2020, Nanaimo logged a total of 1,324 open-data incidents across the city. This annual count accounts for 53 percent of the 2,497 total incidents recorded in Nanaimo's complete open-data archive spanning from 2020 through 2021. It represents the highest annual volume recorded in the available two-year dataset.
The year 2020 ranks 1st out of the 2 total years in Nanaimo's archived dataset, which covers 2020 and 2021. Nanaimo recorded 1,324 incidents in 2020, compared to 1,173 incidents logged in 2021. Prior year data before 2020 is not included in the dataset.
Mischief was the most common incident category in Nanaimo during 2020, with 574 recorded incidents. Theft from vehicle was second with 295 incidents, followed by general theft with 284 incidents. Other recorded categories included break and enter with 103 incidents, bike theft with 35 incidents, and auto theft with 33 incidents.
The data comes from official municipal open-data records published for Nanaimo, British Columbia. The dataset details 1,324 incidents for 2020 and 2,497 total incidents across the 2020 to 2021 period, providing a transparent breakdown of documented incident counts in the municipality.
Data is sourced from municipal open-data records published for Nanaimo, BC.