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Theft from vehicle in Yellowknife

In Yellowknife, theft from vehicle accounted for 20 recorded incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July. This category represents 5.4 per cent of the 369 total incidents reported across all tracked categories in the city during this period. Theft from vehicle ranks fifth out of five categories in Yellowknife, lower in volume than theft (137), mischief (127), break and enter (58), and auto theft (27).

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Yellowknife.

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Theft from vehicle in Yellowknife

This page provides police-reported open-data statistics for the Theft from vehicle category in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. During the selected 2026 year-to-date period through July, municipal law enforcement logged 20 incidents of theft from vehicle across the community. The available dataset records individual occurrences between March 17, 2026, and August 12, 2026, with all 20 incidents having specific date entries recorded in the published system archive.

Across all five tracked incident categories in Yellowknife during 2026 year-to-date, public safety records document a city total of 369 incidents. Theft from vehicle represents 5.4% of city incidents during this reporting timeframe. These totals reflect official year-to-date open-data tallies for the 2026 calendar year through July, distinct from the rolling 60-day map window figures that track 173 total incidents.

How Theft from vehicle compares

In the 2026 year-to-date dataset for Yellowknife, Theft from vehicle ranks 5th out of 5 tracked crime categories by total incident volume. With 20 incidents reported, it represents the lowest category count in the city's open-data catalog. By comparison, Theft leads all categories with 137 reported incidents, followed by Mischief with 127 incidents and Break and enter with 58 incidents. Auto theft also records a higher count than Theft from vehicle, with 27 reported incidents during the same period. Together, these figures establish the context of Theft from vehicle within Yellowknife's broader open-data reporting spectrum.

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What these numbers mean

In Yellowknife's 2026 open-data dataset through July, Theft from vehicle stands as the lowest-volume category among all five recorded incident types. Comprising 20 of the city's 369 total incidents, it accounts for 5.4% of all logged occurrences. Its position below Auto theft, which recorded 27 incidents, places property theft from inside vehicles at the bottom of local category counts. With data currently available only for the 2026 calendar year, these figures form the baseline for tracking reported vehicle-related thefts in municipal open-data archives.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Theft from vehicle in Yellowknife

How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in Yellowknife in 2026?

For the 2026 calendar year through July, police recorded 20 incidents of theft from vehicle in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. All 20 incidents have complete date entries in the published open dataset. During this same reporting timeframe, municipal open-data archives tracked 369 total incidents across all five published crime categories in the city.

What proportion of Yellowknife's total crime incidents is theft from vehicle?

Theft from vehicle accounts for 5.4% of Yellowknife's total reported crime incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July. With 20 recorded occurrences out of a city total of 369 incidents, theft from vehicle represents the lowest proportion among the city's five tracked open-data crime categories.

How does theft from vehicle compare to auto theft in Yellowknife?

In the 2026 year-to-date dataset through July, Theft from vehicle is less frequent than Auto theft in Yellowknife. Police recorded 20 incidents of theft from vehicle compared to 27 incidents of auto theft during the same period. Both vehicle-related categories rank below larger property crime categories such as Theft, which recorded 137 incidents.

What time frame is covered by the theft from vehicle dataset for Yellowknife?

The 2026 year-to-date dataset for Theft from vehicle covers incident occurrences logged between March 17, 2026, and August 12, 2026. A total of 20 incidents were recorded within this window, contributing to Yellowknife's 2026 YTD total of 369 incidents. Additionally, the rolling 60-day map tier tracks 173 total city incidents.

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Sources

Data is sourced from official public safety open-data records published for NT.

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