Victoria indicatorsPolice-reported hate crimes
23.8 per 100,000 people
No target needed. This is a context measure. A count of crimes reported to police. Reporting changes the count, so no target is expected. B.C. 15.5. Targets and comparisons
Source: Statistics Canada. We read it on Nov 12, 2026.
Over time
Police-reported hate crimes per 100,000 people
2025 Per 100,000, by year
- Greater Victoria 23.8
- British Columbia 15.5
- Canada 11.4
M municipal election: Oct 15, 2022P provincial election: Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024F federal election: Sep 20, 2021; Apr 28, 2025
Police-reported hate crimes per 100,000 people
2025 Per 100,000, by year
- Greater Victoria 23.8
- British Columbia 15.5
- Canada 11.4
M municipal election: Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022P provincial election: May 9, 2017; Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024F federal election: Oct 19, 2015; Oct 21, 2019; Sep 20, 2021; Apr 28, 2025
Police-reported hate crimes per 100,000 people
2025 Per 100,000, by year
- Greater Victoria 23.8
- British Columbia 15.5
- Canada 11.4
M municipal election: Nov 15, 2014; Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022P provincial election: May 9, 2017; Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024F federal election: Oct 19, 2015; Oct 21, 2019; Sep 20, 2021; Apr 28, 2025
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Police-reported hate crime incidents, Greater Victoria
2025 Incidents, by year
- 106 incidents
M municipal election: Nov 15, 2014; Oct 20, 2018; Oct 15, 2022P provincial election: May 9, 2017; Oct 24, 2020; Oct 19, 2024F federal election: Oct 19, 2015; Oct 21, 2019; Sep 20, 2021; Apr 28, 2025
Targets and comparisons
Context measure: no target expected
Context measure: no target expected. A count of crimes reported to police. Reporting changes the count, so no target is expected.
The British Columbia and Canada lines are shown for comparison. They are not a goal.
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| Period | Greater Victoria | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.8 | 15.5 | 11.4 |
| 2024 | 18.8 | 12.3 | 11.8 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| 2022 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 9.3 |
| 2021 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 8.8 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 7.0 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2015 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Period | Incidents |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 |
| 2024 | 83 |
| 2023 | 54 |
| 2022 | 39 |
| 2021 | 43 |
| 2020 | 35 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2018 | 25 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2014 | 17 |
How it compares
Statistics Canada, 2025, per 100,000. Comparisons are not goals.
Who decides
Government of Canada and Parliament. Makes criminal law, including the rules on release before trial (bail) and sentencing. Criminal Code (Part XVI, release before trial; Part XXIII, sentencing)
Show the 3 other bodies and the laws
| Body | What it decides | Law or bylaw |
|---|---|---|
| Government of Canada and Parliament | Makes criminal law, including the rules on release before trial (bail) and sentencing. | Criminal Code (Part XVI, release before trial; Part XXIII, sentencing) |
| Province of B.C. | Approves and conducts prosecutions, and sets standards for policing. | Crown Counsel Act, s. 2 Police Act, s. 40 |
| Municipal councils of Greater Victoria (13) | Municipalities of more than 5,000 people must provide policing: their own police department or an RCMP agreement. | Police Act, s. 3 |
| Municipal police boards | Police boards run their municipal police departments and prepare their budgets. | Police Act, s. 26 Police Act, s. 27 |
Councils: last general local election October 17, 2026; next on October 19, 2030, the third Saturday of October set by the Local Government Act, s. 52. Province: last general election October 19, 2024; next set for October 21, 2028 unless called earlier (Constitution Act, s. 23). Canada: last general election April 28, 2025; next set for October 15, 2029 unless called earlier (Canada Elections Act, s. 56.1).
Each row says what a body decides and links to the law, order or bylaw that gives it that role. It does not say who caused a change: markets, households and other governments also move these numbers. Who decides what, for every measure · How we choose
What this number does not show
- Counts are incidents that police reported to Statistics Canada as motivated by hatred of a group (for example, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender). Most hate crimes are not reported to police.
One more limit
- Small numbers: a few incidents more or less move the rate a lot.
Not measured yet in safety: response times: fire and bylaw, police response times, crime that is never reported and more. See all 18 gaps
In plain words
Up 27% in a year. Up 467% since 2019.
Crimes that police reported as motivated by hate of a group, per 100,000 people in the Victoria metropolitan area.
How we decide “Rising”
Counts rise when more people report hate crimes and when police classify more incidents as hate-motivated, not only when more happen. The change is 26.6% of the earlier value, at or above the 5% threshold.
106 incidents in 2025 (23.8 per 100,000) against 83 in 2024 (18.8). B.C.: 15.5. Canada: 11.4.
Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series. The rule.
All notes on this number
Why it matters. It is one sign of how safe people feel to be who they are. It is shown for context, because reporting changes the count.
- Counts are incidents that police reported to Statistics Canada as motivated by hatred of a group (for example, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender). Most hate crimes are not reported to police.
- Small numbers: a few incidents more or less move the rate a lot.
- Rates are per 100,000 people in the Victoria metropolitan area, as Statistics Canada publishes them.
Which places
Area: Greater Victoria (CMA)
The police services that serve Statistics Canada’s Victoria metropolitan area.
Included
- Crime reported to the police services that serve the Victoria metropolitan area (municipal police and RCMP detachments)
- The metropolitan area covers: Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, View Royal, Langford, Colwood, Highlands, Metchosin, Sooke, Central Saanich, North Saanich, Sidney, part of the Juan de Fuca electoral area and eight First Nations reserves
Not included
- Salt Spring Island
- Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano, Mayne, Pender and Saturna islands)
- Port Renfrew area (Juan de Fuca electoral area, part 2)
- Police boundaries do not match municipal boundaries exactly, so Statistics Canada matches police services to the area as closely as it can
Official definition
Shown for comparison
- Comparison area: All of B.C. The whole province of British Columbia.
- Comparison area: All of Canada Canada as a whole, shown only for comparison.
How the agency describes it: Victoria census metropolitan area (police-reporting boundaries).
How we got it
This number is published by the agency as shown; it is not calculated here. The script reads it from the agency’s own file.
Words on this page
- Per 1,000 and per 100,000
- A rate: a count divided by the population, so places of different sizes can be compared. A rate of 50 per 1,000 is the same as 5,000 per 100,000.
- Target
- A level a government has formally committed to reach, in a law, an order, a plan or a bylaw, usually by a date.
- Rising, Falling, Steady (no verdict)
- Used where people reasonably disagree on whether a rise is good or bad, such as taxes and prices. The site gives the direction and leaves the judgement to the reader.
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- Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, police-reported hate crime, table 35-10-0191-01
- Updated by agency
- Annually (July); latest release Jul 22, 2026
- Retrieved
- Nov 12, 2026, 10:22 PM B.C. time
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