The Burnaby crime map is the City of Burnaby’s Property Crime Dashboard, an official interactive map built with the Burnaby RCMP that shows five property crime types by hundred block and is updated monthly. For the bigger picture, Statistics Canada put the Burnaby RCMP’s 2025 Crime Severity Index (CSI) at 68.70, about 8% below Canada’s 75.0 and about 18% below the Vancouver metro area’s 83.5.
Data: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime statistics for 2025 (released 22 July 2026), CSI for police services in British Columbia (Table 35-10-0063-01), CSI by census metropolitan area (Table 35-10-0026-01) and incidents by violation (Table 35-10-0177-01). Dashboard and police pages were checked on the City of Burnaby and Burnaby RCMP websites on 13 October 2026. We link to the dashboard and police reports but do not reproduce their figures. Percentages not in the release are our own arithmetic. Updated 13 October 2026.
Key facts
- The City of Burnaby’s Property Crime Dashboard maps five crime types: theft of auto, theft from auto, and break and enter (business, residence and other); it is updated monthly (City of Burnaby, checked 13 October 2026).
- When we checked on 13 October 2026, the dashboard held data from January 2025 to the end of August 2026, with locations shown at hundred-block level and treated as offset.
- The Burnaby RCMP’s Crime Severity Index was 68.70 in 2025, almost unchanged from 68.53 in 2024 (Statistics Canada, released 22 July 2026).
- Burnaby’s 2025 CSI was about 18% below the Vancouver CMA (83.51) and about 26% below British Columbia (92.37) (our calculation from Statistics Canada data).
- Metro Vancouver’s 2025 motor vehicle theft rate was 103 per 100,000, about half the national 201 (Statistics Canada).
What is the Burnaby crime map?
The Burnaby crime map is the Property Crime Dashboard, launched in December 2025, a free online map run by the City of Burnaby with data from the Burnaby RCMP, showing where selected property crimes were reported and how often. It is linked from the city’s Property Crime Dashboard page and from the Burnaby RCMP crime statistics page.
A crime map is a map of individual incidents reported to police. The Crime Severity Index is something different: Statistics Canada’s annual measure of the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime, set at 100 for Canada in 2006. The map shows where; the CSI shows how much and how serious. Our Crime Severity Index explainer covers the method.
What does the Burnaby Property Crime Dashboard show?
The Burnaby Property Crime Dashboard shows five property crime types, according to the City of Burnaby:
- Theft of auto (a vehicle stolen)
- Theft from auto (items stolen from a vehicle)
- Break and enter, business
- Break and enter, residence
- Break and enter, other
The dashboard’s terms say locations are the hundred block where the incident happened, are considered offset, and should not be read as pointing to a specific person or property. Personal details are excluded. The map does not include violent crime, fraud or shoplifting, so it is a tool for parking and home-security decisions rather than a full picture of personal safety.
How do I use the Burnaby crime map, step by step?
- Open the City of Burnaby Property Crime Dashboard page and launch the dashboard. Read and close the welcome note, which contains the terms of use.
- Use the Date Range Selector in the top-right corner. By default it shows the latest month, which is too short to judge an area.
- Use the Crime Type Selector to choose what matters to you: residential break-ins for a home, theft of and from autos for street or underground parking, business break-ins for a shop or office.
- Zoom to the block you care about, such as a rental near Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed or Edmonds, and compare it with a part of Burnaby you already know, using the same dates and types.
- For violent crime and the full offence list, read the Burnaby RCMP quarterly reports (see below).
The same approach works across Canada; see our guide to checking crime in your neighbourhood, the Vancouver crime map guide to VPD GeoDASH , the Surrey crime map and the Victoria crime map.
Where can I find Burnaby RCMP crime statistics?
The Burnaby RCMP publishes quarterly crime statistics tables on its crime statistics page, which on 13 October 2026 listed reports from January 2024 to June 2026, plus a 2025 annual report and the detachment’s 2023–2026 strategic plan.
Each quarterly table compares the quarter with the same quarter of the previous year and splits counts into four police districts (D1 to D4) plus “unknown”. The rows cover homicide, violent crimes (assault, robbery, sexual offences and others), property crimes (break and enter, theft of and from vehicles, shoplifting, fraud, mischief and others), other Criminal Code offences and drug offences. The four districts match the detachment’s community police offices:
| Burnaby RCMP district | Community police office | Address |
|---|---|---|
| District 1 | Hastings-Brentwood | #104-4191 Hastings Street |
| District 2 | Lougheed | #178-9855 Austin Avenue |
| District 3 | Southeast | 7191 Arcola Way |
| District 4 | Southwest | 4501 Kingsborough Street |
Source: Burnaby RCMP, community police offices page, checked 13 October 2026.
The quarterly tables are preliminary police counts by date of occurrence, so they will not match Statistics Canada’s annual figures exactly.
What are the limits of the Burnaby crime map?
The Burnaby crime map covers only five property crime types at approximate locations, so it cannot tell you an area’s overall crime level, its violent crime or its long-term trend.
- Property crime only. Assaults, robbery, fraud and shoplifting are not on the map.
- Approximate locations. Incidents are placed at hundred-block level and are considered offset.
- Reported crime only. Statistics Canada found that only about 29% of victimizations in Canada were reported to police in 2019.
- Footfall. Malls, SkyTrain stations and large parkades record more incidents because more people and cars pass through, not because residents nearby face more risk.
What is Burnaby’s crime severity in 2025?
The Burnaby RCMP’s Crime Severity Index was 68.70 in 2025, the second lowest of the eight B.C. police services in our data set after Coquitlam RCMP (57.12), according to Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada does not publish a separate Burnaby crime rate in the tables we use.
| Area | Type of figure | Crime Severity Index (2025) | Difference from Burnaby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coquitlam RCMP | Police service | 57.12 | −17% |
| Burnaby RCMP | Police service | 68.70 | – |
| Canada | Country | 75.01 | +9% |
| Vancouver CMA (includes Burnaby) | Metro area | 83.51 | +22% |
| Vancouver Police (City of Vancouver) | Police service | 89.28 | +30% |
| British Columbia | Province | 92.37 | +34% |
| Richmond RCMP | Police service | 151.82 | +121% |
Source: Statistics Canada, Tables 35-10-0063-01 and 35-10-0026-01. “Difference from Burnaby” is our calculation.
Burnaby’s crime severity was lower than the City of Vancouver’s, the metro average and the national average in 2025. For the region, see the safest cities in B.C. and most dangerous cities in B.C. rankings.
Is crime in Burnaby going up or down?
Crime severity in Burnaby was flat in 2025 after three years of decline: the Burnaby RCMP CSI was 68.70, against 68.53 in 2024 and a 2021 high of 80.24, according to Statistics Canada. That is about 14% below 2021 and about 12% below 2020 (77.97), by our calculation.
Burnaby has been below the Vancouver metro CSI (88.51 in 2020, 83.51 in 2025) in every year from 2020 to 2025, and below the national CSI since 2022; the year-by-year table is in our is Burnaby safe guide.
How common are the crimes on the map in Metro Vancouver?
Break-ins and vehicle thefts, two of the main groups on the Burnaby map, were both below the national rate in the Vancouver census metropolitan area (CMA) in 2025, according to Statistics Canada. The table uses metro-wide rates, not Burnaby dashboard counts.
| Crime type | Vancouver CMA incidents (2025) | Vancouver CMA rate per 100,000 (2025) | Vancouver CMA rate per 100,000 (2024) | Canada rate per 100,000 (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Break and enter | 7,675 | 248.6 | 246.8 | 262.3 |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3,195 | 103.5 | 112.0 | 200.8 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0177-01, Vancouver census metropolitan area.
By our calculation, the metro break-in rate was about 5% below the national rate and the vehicle theft rate about 48% below it, after an 8% fall in 2025. Practical steps are in our guides to protecting your car from theft and home security tips, with national context in break-ins in Canada and car theft in Canada.
How do I report a crime in Burnaby?
In Burnaby, call 911 for an emergency or a crime in progress, and the Burnaby RCMP non-emergency line, 604-646-9999, for anything else, according to the detachment’s contact page. The main detachment is at 6355 Deer Lake Avenue. Some non-emergency crimes can be reported online through the Burnaby RCMP online crime reporting tool.
The city dashboard shows where property crimes happened in Burnaby. Our Canada crime map puts Metro Vancouver next to every other metro area using official Statistics Canada figures, and crime rate in Canada by city ranks all 41.
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Burnaby crime map FAQ
Does Burnaby have an official crime map?
Yes. The City of Burnaby’s Property Crime Dashboard, built with Burnaby RCMP data, maps thefts of and from autos and three types of break and enter, and is updated monthly.
Does the Burnaby crime map show violent crime?
No. The dashboard covers five property crime types only. Violent crime appears in the Burnaby RCMP quarterly reports and Statistics Canada’s annual figures.
How accurate are the locations on the Burnaby crime map?
Locations are approximate: incidents are placed at the hundred block where they happened and are considered offset, so a dot never identifies a specific home or person.
What is Burnaby’s Crime Severity Index?
The Burnaby RCMP’s CSI was 68.70 in 2025, about 8% below Canada’s 75.01 and about 18% below the Vancouver CMA’s 83.51 (our calculation from Statistics Canada data).
Is Burnaby safer than Vancouver?
On the 2025 CSI, yes: Burnaby RCMP scored 68.70, against 89.28 for the Vancouver Police (City of Vancouver).
Related: Is Burnaby safe? · Is Vancouver safe? · Is Richmond safe? · Surrey crime map · Public transit safety. Official source: Statistics Canada, The Daily · Abbotsford crime map · is New Westminster safe?. In an emergency call 911.
