In 2023, Vancouver recorded 37,779 police-reported incidents, representing a 4.7% increase from 36,078 in 2022. Year totals reflect administrative reporting volumes rather than per-capita risk. Theft was the leading category with 10,476 incidents, followed by assault at 8,054 and theft from vehicle at 7,071. Mischief accounted for 6,206 records, while break and enter totaled 3,007. The category designated as Other consisted entirely of Traffic & MVC offences, with 1,155 incidents.
During 2023, Vancouver recorded 37,779 total reported incidents in the city's open-data archive, representing a 4.7 percent increase compared to the 36,078 incidents logged in 2022. This annual figure accounts for 21 percent of the 179,819 incidents logged across the full archive spanning 2021 to 2026. Year-over-year shifts reflect police reporting activity rather than per-capita risk.
This page provides a detailed breakdown of official police incident records published for Vancouver, BC throughout 2023. It covers primary categories such as Theft, Assault, Theft from vehicle, Mischief, and Break and enter, as well as subcategory breakdowns for Other offences like Traffic & MVC, offering transparent data for the municipality.
In 2023, Vancouver logged 37,779 incidents, up from 36,078 in 2022. This represents a 4.7 percent increase year-over-year across recorded categories. Comparing annual totals offers context on reporting volume across consecutive calendar years, though changes in counts reflect open-data reporting and administrative logging rather than individual per-capita risk. Among all 6 recorded years in the dataset from 2021 through 2026, 2023 logged the highest annual total, ranking 1st overall. Theft remained the largest category with 10,476 incidents, followed by Assault with 8,054 incidents.
With 37,779 incidents, 2023 stands as the highest-volume year in Vancouver's 6-year series from 2021 through 2026. Theft dominated the 2023 dataset with 10,476 logged incidents, followed by 8,054 Assault cases and 7,071 Theft from vehicle entries. Mischief also reached 6,206 incidents. Notably, the Other category's 1,155 incidents consisted of Traffic & MVC offences, representing 3.1 percent of the year's total count.
Vancouver recorded 37,779 total incidents during the 2023 calendar year. This figure represents 21 percent of the 179,819 total incidents logged across the city's entire open-data archive spanning 2021 through 2026. Among the 6 recorded years in the archive, 2023 holds rank 1 for total logged incident volume.
Reported incidents increased by 4.7 percent in 2023, rising from 36,078 incidents in 2022 to 37,779 incidents in 2023. Year-over-year comparisons reflect administrative logging and open-data reporting updates rather than per-capita risk changes. Following 2023, annual recorded totals moved to 34,667 in 2024 and 33,234 in 2025.
Theft was the most reported category in 2023 with 10,476 incidents, followed by Assault with 8,054 incidents. Other significant categories included Theft from vehicle at 7,071 incidents, Mischief at 6,206, and Break and enter at 3,007. The Other category logged 1,155 incidents, all of which were Traffic & MVC.
The data originates from municipal open-data releases for Vancouver, BC. The dataset reflects 37,779 incidents published for 2023, forming part of a full-archive collection of 179,819 records recorded between 2021 and 2026. These figures represent reported incidents logged by police rather than complete measures of all occurrence types.
Data is sourced from published municipal open-data records for Vancouver, BC.