Yellowknife recorded 27 auto theft incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July. These figures represent 7.3% of the 369 total open-data incidents logged across all categories in the city. Auto theft ranks fourth out of five main categories in Yellowknife, occurring less frequently than theft with 137 incidents, mischief with 127, and break and enter with 58, while remaining more frequent than theft from vehicle with 20 incidents.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Yellowknife.
This resource presents official municipal open-data incident counts for the auto theft category in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. During the 2026 year-to-date period through July, law enforcement agencies recorded 27 reported incidents of auto theft across the community. The published dataset reflects recorded events with logged occurrence dates spanning from March 17, 2026, through August 12, 2026, encompassing all documented auto theft entries in the city archive for this timeframe.
Auto theft incidents account for 7.3 per cent of the 369 total reported incidents documented across all five tracked categories in Yellowknife for this 2026 year-to-date interval. This category total is derived from the full archive for the selected year-to-date window, separate from the 60-day rolling map tier which displays 173 total incidents across all categories. These numbers provide an objective overview of published vehicle theft reports in the territory's capital city.
In Yellowknife's 2026 year-to-date open-data feed, auto theft ranks fourth among the city's five tracked categories, with 27 reported incidents. Higher volume categories include theft, which leads all categories at 137 incidents, followed by mischief at 127 incidents, and break and enter at 58 incidents. Auto theft was more frequent than theft from vehicle, which recorded 20 incidents during the same period. Together, these five categories make up the city's total of 369 reported incidents. Auto theft represents a smaller portion of local property-related incident reports compared to broader theft and property damage figures.
Auto theft represents a modest share of overall reported incidents in Yellowknife for the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Placing fourth out of five recorded categories with 27 incidents, auto theft remains far below higher-volume categories such as theft (137 incidents) and mischief (127 incidents). However, auto theft reports exceed theft from vehicle (20 incidents). Because the dataset currently covers 2026 year-to-date through August 12, 2026, these 27 entries reflect published open-data records for the selected period rather than a full annual total.
In 2026 year-to-date through July, Yellowknife recorded 27 reported auto theft incidents. These records span occurrence dates between March 17, 2026, and August 12, 2026. This figure comes from the municipality's published open-data archive for the selected calendar year period.
Auto theft accounts for 7.3 per cent of the 369 total reported incidents across all five tracked categories in Yellowknife during the 2026 year-to-date window. This places auto theft fourth overall in terms of incident volume among tracked municipal categories.
With 27 reported incidents in 2026 year-to-date, auto theft is lower than general theft, which recorded 137 incidents. However, auto theft counts are higher than theft from vehicle, which logged 20 reported incidents during the same period in Yellowknife.
The auto theft figures represent 2026 year-to-date data logged through July, with specific record dates ranging from March 17, 2026, to August 12, 2026. This full archive count of 27 incidents is separate from the rolling 60-day map tier, which shows 173 total city incidents.
Data sourced from official municipal open-data records published for Yellowknife, NT.