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Police-reported crime, Victoria police area

Area: Victoria + Esquimalt (police area) compared with Comparison area: Greater Victoria (CMA) Calendar year 2025 · Where this covers

161.2 index points

Getting worse

Was 152.2 in 2024. Violent crime index 172.5 in 2025

Source: Statistics Canada, 2025 · Full source

What it measures

Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index for the area policed by the Victoria Police Department (Victoria and Esquimalt), which combines how much crime is reported to police with how serious it is.

Why it matters

It is closer to the City than the metro-area index. It does not measure unreported crime or how safe people feel.

Over time

Crime Severity Index, Victoria police service area

  • All police-reported crime: 161.2 index (2025)
  • Violent crime: 172.5 index (2025)
  • Non-violent crime: 158.0 index (2025)
Line chart of 3 lines, 15 periods from 2011 to 2025. All police-reported crime: starts at 132.9 index (2011), ends at 161.2 index (2025); highest 170.6 index (2023), lowest 101.2 index (2013). Violent crime: starts at 150.2 index (2011), ends at 172.5 index (2025); highest 181.0 index (2021), lowest 105.4 index (2013). Non-violent crime: starts at 126.4 index (2011), ends at 158.0 index (2025); highest 182.0 index (2023), lowest 99.5 index (2013). Every value is in the table.0.0100.0200.0201320162019202220252011: All police-reported crime: 132.9 index; Violent crime: 150.2 index; Non-violent crime: 126.4 index2012: All police-reported crime: 125.3 index; Violent crime: 130.7 index; Non-violent crime: 123.0 index2013: All police-reported crime: 101.2 index; Violent crime: 105.4 index; Non-violent crime: 99.5 index2014: All police-reported crime: 112.0 index; Violent crime: 108.5 index; Non-violent crime: 113.1 index2015: All police-reported crime: 135.2 index; Violent crime: 144.5 index; Non-violent crime: 131.6 index2016: All police-reported crime: 116.6 index; Violent crime: 115.6 index; Non-violent crime: 116.7 index2017: All police-reported crime: 111.0 index; Violent crime: 117.2 index; Non-violent crime: 108.5 index2018: All police-reported crime: 117.2 index; Violent crime: 122.4 index; Non-violent crime: 115.0 index2019: All police-reported crime: 128.6 index; Violent crime: 105.9 index; Non-violent crime: 136.5 index2020: All police-reported crime: 162.6 index; Violent crime: 148.3 index; Non-violent crime: 167.4 index2021: All police-reported crime: 153.5 index; Violent crime: 181.0 index; Non-violent crime: 143.8 index2022: All police-reported crime: 154.4 index; Violent crime: 161.2 index; Non-violent crime: 152.9 index2023: All police-reported crime: 170.6 index; Violent crime: 145.4 index; Non-violent crime: 182.0 index2024: All police-reported crime: 152.2 index; Violent crime: 162.2 index; Non-violent crime: 149.4 index2025: All police-reported crime: 161.2 index; Violent crime: 172.5 index; Non-violent crime: 158.0 index

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How we decided “getting worse”

A lower number means less, or less serious, police-reported crime. 161.2 in 2025 compared with 152.2 in 2024 (+5.9%). Violent crime index: 172.5 in 2025 (was 162.2). Non-violent crime index: 158.0 (was 149.4). The rules.

Source

Period
Calendar year 2025
Updated by agency
Annually (published in July); latest release Jul 22, 2026
Retrieved
Nov 11, 2026, 1:10 AM B.C. time

Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0063-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Show the numbers as a table
Crime Severity Index, Victoria police service area (newest first)
PeriodAll police-reported crimeViolent crimeNon-violent crime
2025161.2172.5158.0
2024152.2162.2149.4
2023170.6145.4182.0
2022154.4161.2152.9
2021153.5181.0143.8
2020162.6148.3167.4
2019128.6105.9136.5
2018117.2122.4115.0
2017111.0117.2108.5
2016116.6115.6116.7
2015135.2144.5131.6
2014112.0108.5113.1
2013101.2105.499.5
2012125.3130.7123.0
2011132.9150.2126.4

Keep in mind

  • This index covers the area served by the Victoria police department, which polices both the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt. Statistics Canada does not publish a City-only figure.
  • Downtown Victoria is a regional centre for work, shopping, nightlife and services. Crime counts include incidents involving people who live elsewhere, but the index is calculated against the resident population only, which raises it compared with largely residential areas.
  • The index counts only crime reported to or found by police. Changes in reporting or police practices can move it.
  • Each index is set so that Canada in 2006 equals 100. The Greater Victoria (metropolitan) index on the Police-reported crime page is a different, wider area.

Where this covers

Area: Victoria + Esquimalt (police area)

The area served by the Victoria Police Department: the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt together.

Included

  • City of Victoria
  • Township of Esquimalt (policed by the Victoria Police Department under a framework agreement)

Not included

  • Saanich, Oak Bay, Central Saanich and the West Shore, which have their own police services or RCMP detachments
  • Statistics Canada does not publish a City-only crime index

Official definition

Shown for comparison

  • Comparison area: Greater Victoria (CMA) The police services that serve Statistics Canada’s Victoria metropolitan area.

How the agency describes it: Victoria municipal police service area (City of Victoria and Township of Esquimalt).

Connected to: Police services (municipal), Provincial and federal justice policy. This is a label, not a judgement.

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