2021 saw Pitt Meadows record 446 reported incidents, a 17.7% rise from the 379 incidents in 2020. The most prevalent offence was Mischief, accounting for 173 incidents, followed by Theft from vehicle with 126 cases. Other notable categories included Theft (54), Break and enter (51), and Auto theft (31). Overall, the city’s crime count contributed 5.9% of its total archive of 7,598 incidents.
In 2021 Pitt Meadows recorded 446 reported incidents, a 17.7% increase over the 379 incidents logged in 2020.
This page summarises the 2021 incident mix, highlighting the leading offence categories, the share of the city‑wide archive, and how the year ranks among the fourteen years documented for Pitt Meadows.
The 2021 total of 446 incidents reflects a modest rise compared with the previous year’s 379 reports, marking a 17.7% year‑over‑year growth. While the overall count remains lower than peaks in 2014 and 2015, it surpasses the 2020 figure and contributes to 5.9% of the city’s cumulative 7,598 incidents. The increase is driven primarily by higher counts in property‑related offences such as mischief and theft from vehicles.
Mischief and theft from vehicles dominate the 2021 landscape, together accounting for over two‑thirds of all incidents. Property‑crime offences outweigh violent offences, signalling a tilt toward theft‑related activity for this year. Despite the rise from 2020, the year sits at the 10th position in a fourteen‑year span, indicating that earlier years saw higher overall counts. The modest increase suggests a slight uptick rather than a dramatic shift in crime patterns.
The 2021 dataset shows 446 reported incidents across all offence categories in Pitt Meadows.
In 2021 the city logged 446 incidents, up from 379 in 2020, representing a 17.7% increase year over year.
Mischief was the leading category with 173 incidents, followed by theft from vehicle with 126 incidents, then theft (54), break and enter (51), auto theft (31), and bike theft (11).
The figures are sourced from the British Columbia open‑data portal for Pitt Meadows (province code BC), compiled as of the dataset generation date.
Source: British Columbia open data (BC).