Yellowknife Crime Map
Northwest Territories · Latest 24h · updated 2026-10-10
| Latest 24h | 3 incidents (2026-10-05) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 572 incidents through the last complete month |
| Full archive | 578 incidents (2026–2026) |
Source: RCMP K-Division open data.
Official statistics (Statistics Canada)
| 2025 incidents | 7,982 (down 9.8% vs 2024) |
|---|---|
| Rate per 100,000 | 34,597.6 (population 23,070) |
| Violent incidents | 1,651 (7,156.2 per 100K) |
| Property incidents | 4,189 (18,157.0 per 100K) |
| Cleared by police | 31.7% |
| vs Northwest Territories | 36.6% lower rate (54,541.9 per 100K) |
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported incidents (Uniform Crime Reporting Survey), Yellowknife RCMP. Annual figures; 2025 is the latest published year.
About crime in Yellowknife
Latest mapped day. Yellowknife recorded 3 mapped incidents on 2026-10-05. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Latest 24h (2026-10-05) category breakdown
| Theft | 2 |
| Mischief | 1 |
Across 2026–2026, the current archive contains 578 mapped incidents for Yellowknife. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Yellowknife crime overview
Essay updated 2026-10-08 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Yellowknife reported 3 incidents on its Latest day (2026-10-05), with Theft as the most common category at 2 reports, followed by 1 Mischief report. This open feed from RCMP K-Division covers property offences only, so assault, robbery and other person crimes are not included. Police may still add reports for October 5, 2026, so the count can rise. Year-over-year change is not available for this selected period.
About this data
Yellowknife crime data for the latest reporting day, 2026-10-05, shows 3 incidents published in the RCMP K-Division open point layer for the Yellowknife census subdivision in the Northwest Territories. This page covers that latest occurrence day only, not a year-to-date total and not a multi-week average. The open feed for Yellowknife covers property offences only — break and enter, theft, auto theft, theft from vehicle and mischief — so assault, robbery, homicide and other person crimes are not included here.
The day-level view is useful for checking what was most recently mapped and where recent property reports fall. Counts for 2026-10-05 may still rise if police add late reports for that day. For context, the interactive map's separate 60-day rolling window holds 190 incidents, a broader backdrop to the 3 records on the latest day.
Recent trend
Year-over-year change is not available for the Latest day (2026-10-05) period in Yellowknife. The archive year series lists only 2026, with 572 records, so there is no complete prior calendar year to form a comparison pair for this latest-day headline of 3 incidents. That 572 figure describes the calendar-year file behind the page, while the headline remains the single occurrence day of 2026-10-05. A year-over-year comparison would require two complete calendar years, which this current feed does not provide. Readers should treat 2026-10-05 as a daily snapshot rather than an annual trend.
Category breakdown
The Latest day (2026-10-05) mix in Yellowknife comprised 3 property incidents. Theft led with 2 incidents, or 66.7% of the day's records, followed by Mischief with 1 incident, or 33.3%. No other property categories from the RCMP K-Division layer — break and enter, auto theft or theft from vehicle — appeared on this single-day file. The split shows a theft-led day with a single mischief report alongside it, rather than a spread across all five published property types. Because the day's base is only 3 records, each incident shifts the percentage share substantially, so the 66.7% and 33.3% figures reflect that small daily count rather than a longer pattern.
What this means
What stands out for Yellowknife on 2026-10-05 is how small the latest-day file is: 3 property-only records, with Theft accounting for 2 incidents at 66.7% and Mischief for 1 at 33.3%. With no break and enter, auto theft or theft from vehicle on that day, the picture is narrow rather than broad. Against the 190 incidents in the 60-day map window and 572 records in the 2026 series, the 3-record day reads as a quiet snapshot, where one report changes the mix.
FAQ
How many incidents were recorded in Yellowknife on the latest day?
Yellowknife had 3 incidents on the latest reporting day, 2026-10-05, under the Latest day (2026-10-05) selection. The count reflects exact occurrence-date records for that day in Northwest Territories. Police may still add reports for 2026-10-05, so the total of 3 can rise. This headline is the day's count, not a year total and not the interactive map window.
What was the most common offence type in Yellowknife on the latest day?
Theft was the most common type on 2026-10-05, with 2 of the 3 incidents, or 66.7%, in the RCMP K-Division property-only feed for Yellowknife. Mischief accounted for the remaining 1 incident, or 33.3%. The open layer covers break and enter, theft, auto theft, theft from vehicle and mischief, and does not publish assault, robbery or homicide.
Has crime in Yellowknife gone up or down compared with last year?
Year-over-year change is not available for this period for Yellowknife, because the archive lists only 2026 with 572 incidents and no complete prior-year pair to compare. The 3 incidents on 2026-10-05 are a single-day count and cannot be compared to a full year. A full calendar-year comparison requires a second complete year in the RCMP K-Division feed.
Which Yellowknife neighbourhoods had the most incidents?
Neighbourhood breakdowns are not available for this Yellowknife source, so there is no ranked neighbourhood list for 2026-10-05 or for the 572 incidents recorded in 2026. The RCMP K-Division feed used here is attributed to the Yellowknife census subdivision without a neighbourhood field to split the 3 latest-day incidents. Use the interactive map points for location detail instead of neighbourhood totals.
Where does this Yellowknife data come from?
These counts come from RCMP K-Division open data spatially attributed to the Yellowknife census subdivision in Northwest Territories. The published layer covers property offences only, including theft and mischief, with 2 theft and 1 mischief record on 2026-10-05. Assault, robbery, homicide and other person crimes are not on this open feed, so absence from these 3 records is not evidence they did not occur.
How current is the Yellowknife data shown here?
The headline reflects the Latest day (2026-10-05), with occurrence dates through 2026-10-05 and 3 incidents for that day. The 2026 archive holds 572 incidents to date. Separately, the interactive map uses a rolling 60 days window with 190 incidents, which is fresher for browsing recent points but different from the single-day headline of 3.
Explore Yellowknife
By category
- Yellowknife Break & enter (95)
- Yellowknife Auto theft (35)
- Yellowknife Theft from vehicle (31)
- Yellowknife Theft (215)
- Yellowknife Mischief (202)
By year
Neighbourhoods
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