Photo: John Shorten · CC BY 4.0Crime in Coquitlam sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Coquitlam at B− (#54 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Among its 6 neighbours with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 65.8 to 57.1. Violence and property crime split as 8.4 violent incidents and 26.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Coquitlam
Police clear less here
Weighted by seriousness, 18% of crime in Coquitlam ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 36% of violent crime and 10% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Under the British Columbia norm
Coquitlam’s index of 59.8 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Coquitlam places 19th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 61.6 on Coquitlam’s index against 75.2 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 59.6 against 54.2. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Coquitlam’s grade
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #54 of 251 in British Columbia and #902 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Which crimes make up Coquitlam’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Coquitlam runs highest on theft under $5,000 (14.5 per 1,000 against 11.5) and mischief (4.5 per 1,000 against 3.8). Sexual assault and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 45 | 0.3 | 13% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 18 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 11.3 | 0.07 | 44% |
| Robbery | 38.7 | 0.2 | 38% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 17 | 0.10 | 31% |
| Breaking and entering | 430.3 | 2.5 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19.3 | 0.1 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 121.7 | 0.7 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 84.3 | 0.5 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 2,475.7 | 14.5 | 15% |
| Mischief | 765.3 | 4.5 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 66.3 | 0.4 | 33% |
| Administration of justice violations | 202.7 | 1.2 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 109 | 0.6 | 26% |
| Drug violations | 84 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 205.7 | 1.2 | 75% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 0.2 | 10% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Coquitlam, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 65.8 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 56.6 in 2024. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Coquitlam | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.1 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 56.6 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 65.8 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Coquitlam, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Coquitlam places 19th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burlington Ontario | 197,737 | 31.4 | 28.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 40.5 | 49.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Niagara Falls Ontario | 113,983 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 17 | Guelph Ontario | 160,760 | 56.8 | 73.1 | B |
| 18 | Delta British Columbia | 124,670 | 59.7 | 69.8 | B− |
| 19 | Coquitlam British Columbia | 173,599 | 59.8 | 61.6 | B− |
| 20 | Barrie Ontario | 174,469 | 60.8 | 73 | B− |
| 21 | Trois-Rivières Quebec | 149,934 | 61.5 | 93.7 | B− |
| 22 | Strathcona County Alberta | 107,345 | 68.4 | 61.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Langley British Columbia | 163,885 | 82.4 | 77.3 | C |
| 31 | Maple Ridge British Columbia | 105,925 | 87 | 97.6 | C |
| 32 | Abbotsford British Columbia | 175,358 | 96 | 107.5 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kamloops British Columbia | 108,793 | 148.2 | 134.8 | D |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Coquitlam in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 1,440 violent incidents a year reached Coquitlam’s police, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 4,550 property crimes and 2,030 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Coquitlam
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coquitlam | 173,599 | 59.8 | 61.6 | B− |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 58.2 | 52 | B |
| Anmore | 2,508 | 38.4 | 34.2 | A |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
Coquitlam sits above 3 of the 6 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 3 km away, Port Moody comes to 43.5, against 59.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Coquitlam
Is Coquitlam safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Coquitlam scores 59.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.4 violent and 26.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Coquitlam?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 14.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9.7) and mischief (4.5).
Is crime going up in Coquitlam?
Down 13%: 65.8 in 2023, 57.1 in 2025.
How much of Coquitlam’s crime do police solve?
18%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 36% and non-violent crime at 10%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Coquitlam’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).