For the same selected year period of 2026 through July, Vancouver recorded 20,238 open-data incidents while Victoria recorded 4,947 incidents. Theft-related incidents showed the largest raw-count difference between the two cities, accounting for 10,888 incidents in Vancouver compared to 1,063 incidents in Victoria, a difference of 9,825 incidents. Both datasets reflect reported open-data totals for the identical seven-month timeframe in 2026.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Vancouver recorded 20,238 open-data police incidents, while Victoria recorded 4,947 incidents over the exact same seven-month period. Both British Columbia cities publish municipal open-data feeds covering this 2026 year-to-date timeframe, enabling a direct same-period comparison across standardized incident categories.
The largest count variance between the two municipalities occurred in theft-related incidents, where Vancouver recorded 10,888 incidents compared to 1,063 in Victoria. Vancouver also logged higher totals in assault with 3,778 incidents versus 169 in Victoria, mischief with 3,206 incidents versus 559, and break and enter with 1,161 incidents versus 151. Victoria recorded 2,967 incidents in the other category, compared to 705 in Vancouver. Additionally, Vancouver recorded 490 bike theft incidents and 10 homicide incidents, while Victoria recorded 0 for both categories. Victoria logged 38 robbery incidents, whereas Vancouver logged 0.
For the period from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Vancouver's total of 20,238 open-data incidents compares to Victoria's total of 4,947 incidents. The three category comparisons with the largest positive raw differences for Vancouver are theft-related incidents, assault, and mischief. Theft-related incidents account for 10,888 incidents in Vancouver compared to 1,063 in Victoria, representing a difference of 9,825 incidents. Assault figures show 3,778 incidents in Vancouver versus 169 in Victoria, a difference of 3,609 incidents. Mischief totals stand at 3,206 in Vancouver compared to 559 in Victoria, reflecting a difference of 2,647 incidents. Conversely, Victoria's top category is other with 2,967 incidents compared to Vancouver's 705 incidents in that category.
During the January 1 to July 31, 2026 period, Vancouver's open-data total of 20,238 incidents is driven heavily by theft-related incidents at 10,888, along with 3,778 assault and 3,206 mischief incidents. In contrast, Victoria's 4,947 incidents are concentrated primarily in the other category at 2,967 incidents, with theft-related incidents at 1,063. Vancouver logged higher raw counts across theft, assault, mischief, break and enter, bike theft, and homicide, whereas Victoria recorded higher counts in the other category and in robbery incidents.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Vancouver recorded 20,238 total open-data incidents, whereas Victoria recorded 4,947 incidents. Both municipalities publish open-data records for this identical seven-month timeframe, providing a direct same-period comparison for 2026 year-to-date figures across British Columbia.
Theft-related incidents generated the largest count difference between the two cities during the January to July 2026 period. Vancouver logged 10,888 theft-related incidents compared to 1,063 in Victoria, resulting in a raw count difference of 9,825 incidents between the two municipal datasets.
Municipalities update their open-data feeds independently, which means total published date windows often differ across cities. While Vancouver's published dataset spans from July 1, 2021, to August 13, 2026, Victoria's dataset spans from March 16, 2026, to August 14, 2026. However, for this comparison, both cities share an identical 2026 year-to-date selected period from January 1 to July 31, 2026, covering 20,238 incidents in Vancouver and 4,947 in Victoria.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Vancouver recorded 3,778 assault incidents and 3,206 mischief incidents. Over the same timeframe, Victoria recorded 169 assault incidents and 559 mischief incidents, representing differences of 3,609 assault incidents and 2,647 mischief incidents.
Data for this comparison is sourced from the official municipal open-data portals of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia.