In 2024, Richmond recorded 1,620 total crime incidents, representing a 31.6% decrease compared to 2,368 incidents in 2023. Theft from vehicle was the leading category with 772 incidents, followed by 424 break and enter incidents. Year-over-year total changes reflect open-data reporting levels rather than per-capita risk. The 2024 total accounted for 8.1% of the 20,079 total incidents recorded across all years in the city dataset.
In 2024, Richmond, British Columbia recorded 1,620 incidents in the open-data dataset, representing a 31.6% decrease compared to 2023. Year totals reflect police reporting activity and recorded incidents rather than per-capita risk.
This page details recorded incident totals across Richmond for the 2024 calendar year. The dataset tracks specific categories including theft from vehicle, break and enter, auto theft, bike theft, and theft. Across the 15-year archive from 2012 to 2026, Richmond has accumulated 20,079 total incidents, with the 2024 count representing 8.1% of that overall multi-year archive. Readers can review category-specific breakdowns and multi-year comparisons across historical reporting periods.
During 2024, Richmond recorded 1,620 open-data incidents, down from 2,368 incidents logged in 2023. This represents a year-over-year decrease of 31.6% between full calendar years. Despite this 31.6% drop from 2023, the 2024 total of 1,620 incidents ranks as the second highest annual volume recorded across the 15-year dataset period from 2012 to 2026. For comparison, annual counts in Richmond ranged from 1,064 incidents in 2012 to the peak of 2,368 incidents in 2023. Annual variations reflect recorded open-data submissions and reporting patterns rather than population-adjusted risk.
Vehicle-related property offences shaped Richmond's 2024 open-data profile, led by 772 theft from vehicle incidents and 192 auto thefts. Break and enter recorded 424 incidents, while bike theft reached 159 incidents and theft recorded 73 incidents. Although 2024 decreased by 31.6% from 2,368 incidents in 2023, its 1,620 incidents remain the second highest annual count across the 15-year dataset from 2012 to 2026, exceeding earlier years such as 2012 with 1,064 incidents.
Richmond recorded 1,620 open-data incidents in 2024. This total represents 8.1% of the 20,079 total incidents recorded in Richmond's city archive across 15 years between 2012 and 2026. The 2024 volume ranks second overall among all reported calendar years in the municipal dataset.
Reported incidents in Richmond decreased in 2024. The total dropped by 31.6% from 2,368 incidents logged in 2023 down to 1,620 incidents in 2024. Year-over-year figures reflect changes in recorded open-data incidents rather than per-capita risk measurements.
Theft from vehicle was the highest-volume category in Richmond in 2024, accounting for 772 recorded incidents. Other major categories in 2024 included break and enter with 424 incidents, auto theft with 192 incidents, bike theft with 159 incidents, and theft with 73 incidents.
The dataset for Richmond, British Columbia is derived from municipal open-data releases in BC. It includes 1,620 incidents for 2024 within a multi-year archive of 20,079 incidents spanning from 2012 to 2026. These published figures capture incidents processed into official open-data repositories.
Data for Richmond is sourced from municipal open-data portals in BC.