In 2024, Prince George recorded 4,109 total incidents in the open-data archive, representing a 12.8% decrease from the 4,712 incidents logged in 2023. Theft was the leading category with 1,682 incidents, followed by mischief at 1,037 and theft from vehicle at 629. These annual totals reflect reported incidents rather than per-capita risk, as shifts between calendar years can be influenced by police reporting practices.
In 2024, Prince George, British Columbia recorded 4,109 open-data police incidents, representing a 12.8% decrease from the 4,712 incidents logged in 2023. Annual totals reflect reported incident records in the open-data system, which serve as tracking counts rather than a direct measurement of per-capita risk.
This overview provides a detailed breakdown of Prince George's 2024 incident records across major categories, including Theft and Mischief. The 4,109 incidents recorded during 2024 represent 17% of the city's 24,181 total archive incidents collected between 2021 and 2026. Readers can explore specific category breakdowns, year-over-year metrics, and historical comparisons within the local data summary.
The 2024 total of 4,109 incidents marks a shift compared to 2023, when Prince George logged 4,712 incidents. This change represents a 12.8% decline year-over-year. In the broader multi-year series, 2024 saw lower counts than 2021 (4,559 incidents), 2022 (4,915 incidents), and 2023 (4,712 incidents), but remained higher than 2025 (3,753 incidents) and the incomplete 2026 total (2,133 incidents). Across the complete 24,181 incidents logged in the archive from 2021 to 2026, 2024 holds a 17% share, demonstrating a reduction in overall reported activity relative to the peak recorded in 2022.
Prince George's 2024 dataset ranked 4th highest among the 6 years recorded in the city's archive. Property-related offences dominated the local breakdown in 2024, led by Theft with 1,682 incidents and Mischief with 1,037 incidents. Vehicle-targeted crimes were also prominent, including 629 incidents of Theft from vehicle and 215 Auto theft cases. Break and enter contributed 478 incidents, while Bike theft recorded 68. The decrease to 4,109 incidents in 2024 marked a downward turn from the peak of 4,915 recorded in 2022.
In 2024, Prince George recorded 4,109 total police incidents in its open-data collection. This count represents 17% of the 24,181 total incidents logged across the city's entire multi-year archive spanning 2021 through 2026. The 2024 annual total ranked 4th highest among the 6 individual calendar years tracked in the local dataset.
The incident count in Prince George decreased in 2024 compared to the previous year. Total reported incidents dropped from 4,712 in 2023 to 4,109 in 2024, representing a year-over-year decline of 12.8%. This continuation of declining counts followed the peak of 4,915 incidents recorded in 2022.
Theft was the leading category in Prince George during 2024, with 1,682 recorded incidents. Mischief followed with 1,037 incidents, while Theft from vehicle accounted for 629 incidents. Other prominent categories included Break and enter with 478 incidents, Auto theft with 215, and Bike theft with 68 incidents.
The 2024 figures for Prince George come directly from official open-data incident records published for British Columbia (BC). These statistics represent public incident logs recorded by police authorities and archived to provide transparent multi-year tracking of local incident volumes, including the 4,109 incidents reported in 2024.
Data is sourced from official police open-data incident records published for British Columbia (BC).