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Crime, police, and police resource statistics

Last updated on April 8, 2025

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​B.C. crime trends and statistics

British Columbia crime statistics are available in five web publications. These web publications contain information on the type and incidence of reported crime in B.C.

Note: The data contained in these publications may vary slightly from previous releases. The most current release reflects the most accurate and up-to-date data.

Crime statistics

Crime trends

Regional district crime trends

Policing jurisdiction crime trends

Data collection overview 

Crime data sources

  • Statistics Canada. 2023. Table 35-10-0184-01 Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in British Columbia. Statistics Canada database. Released July 27, 2023 (accessed July 27, 2023).
  • Statistics Canada. 2023. Table 35-10-0063-01 Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia. Statistics Canada database. Released July 27, 2023 (accessed July 27, 2023).

Population data source

  • BC Stats, Ministry of Citizens' Services, Province of British Columbia. Last updated July 2022.

Data qualifiers

  • Total Criminal Code of Canada counts exclude traffic offences.
  • Crime rates are calculated on the basis of 1,000 population; population estimates are provided by BC Stats.
  • Population estimates provided by BC Stats may vary from those provided by Statistics Canada.
  • Crime statistics publications are not comparable with publications released in other years for two reasons:
    • Population estimates provided by BC Stats are sometimes retroactively adjusted to reflect updated census boundaries according to current policing jurisdiction boundaries; and
    • During the production of each year’s crime statistics, data from the previous year are revised to reflect any updates or changes that have been reported to Statistics Canada from individual police services.
  • The policing jurisdictions utilized in crime statistics reports published by Policing and Security Branch reflect operational policing in B.C. and may vary from those provided by Statistics Canada.
  • For a more comprehensive version of our data qualifiers, see Overview of Crime Data Collection in British Columbia (PDF, 295 KB).

Police use-of-force data

This section includes reports on overall police use of force in BC and provides additional data tables and trend analysis specific to use of firearms, intermediate weapons, conducted energy weapons and police service dogs.

In addition to public reporting to promote transparency, PSB uses the information collected from police agencies about the use of force to monitor compliance with provincial policing standards and identify priorities for further study, standards, or training. The information is also used by police agencies to inform local training and policies.

Use of force reports

The following Use of Force reports present a summary of the currently available data across a range of different force options, at the provincial level. 

Previous publications

Police resource statistics

Police Resources in British Columbia, 2023 (PDF, 803 KB) contains information about policing costs, strengths and caseloads within the province. It also provides an overview of policing functions and responsibilities, a complete list of municipal, provincial and First Nations policing jurisdictions, and statistics about police resources.

Note: The data contained in this publication may vary slightly from previous releases. The most current release reflects the most accurate and up-to-date data.