# West Shore RCMP Bi-Annual Report (January 1 to June 30, 2025)

Meeting: Advisory Committee — September 29, 2025

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Source pages: 7–19

## AI-processed summary

Bi-annual policing statistics and highlights for the West Shore RCMP covering January 1 to June 30, 2025, including calls for service, crime categories, traffic collisions, mental-health-related files, and community engagement activities.

## Extracted text

### West Shore RCMP Bi-Annual Report (January 1 to June 30, 2025)

Source pages: 7–19

## West Shore RCMP Bi-Annual Report (January 1 to June 30, 2025)

### January 1 to June 30, 2025

Source pages: 7–19

## January 1 to June 30, 2025

### Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities
NOTE: The APP follows the fiscal year (April 1 – March 31)

- Organized Crime & Drug Trafficking
- Road Safety with a focus on Distracted Driving and Speeding
- Property Crime with a focus on Theft and Shoplifting
- Mental Health Crisis Response
- Youth and Indigenous Community Relations

[Image 1: cover/title graphic]
[Image 2: APP priorities visual]
[Image 3: APP priorities visual]
[Image 4: APP priorities visual]
[Image 5: APP priorities visual]

### Summary (First half — January 1 to June 30, 2025)

Source pages: 7–19

## Summary (First half — January 1 to June 30, 2025)

- In the first half of 2025, West Shore RCMP attended 12,886 files vs 12,477 files in 2024, representing an increase of 3.17%.
- One fatal collision occurred on the Trans Canada Highway near 6 Mile Road in View Royal.

[Image 6: summary charts — overall files comparison]
[Image 7: chart — drug offences comparison]
[Image 8: chart — property crime comparison]
[Image 9: chart — collisions & traffic offences comparison]
[Image 10: map/chart — jurisdictional distribution]

### 2025 Paid Resources and Calls for Service by Community

Source pages: 7–19

## 2025 Paid Resources and Calls for Service by Community

- 2025 Paid Resources by Community (percentage share)
  - Langford: 59.72%
  - Colwood: 19.03%
  - View Royal: 11.57%
  - Metchosin: 5.65%
  - Provincial: 4.03%

- Calls for Service by Community (Jan to Jun, 2025) — Paid resources distribution:
  - Langford: 56.57%
  - Colwood: 20.86%
  - View Royal: 12.49%
  - Metchosin: 3.73%
  - Highlands: 1.32%
  - Songhees Nation: 3.17%
  - Esquimalt Nation: 0.24%
  - Malahat: 0.85%

[Image 11: pie chart — paid resources by community]
[Image 12: pie chart — calls for service by community]
[Image 13: combined bar chart — resources vs calls]
[Image 14: map — communities served]
[Image 15: legend/infographic]

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### Langford

Source pages: 7–19

## Langford

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 7,290 calls
  - 2024: 7,054 calls
  - Change: ↑3.3%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 50 | 60 | ↓16.7% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 214 | 222 | ↓3.6% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 49 | 58 | ↓15.5% |
| Tickets | 499 | 520 | ↓4.0% |
| Warnings | 282 | 250 | ↑12.8% |

[Image 16: Langford collisions chart]

### Drug Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 14 | 14 | 0% |
| Drug Possession | 22 | 5 | ↑340.0% |
| Cannabis Act | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Total Drug Offences | 37 | 20 | ↑85.0% |

[Image 17: Langford drug offences chart]

### Property Crime
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and Enters | 50 | 44 | ↑13.6% |
| Frauds | 157 | 136 | ↑15.4% |
| Shoplifting | 275 | 225 | ↑22.2% |
| Other Theft | 90 | 82 | ↑9.8% |

### Mental Health
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental Health Related Files | 529 | 571 | ↓6.8% |
| Mental Health Act | 80 | 81 | ↓1.2% |
| Apprehensions | (not specified) | (not specified) | — |

[Image 18: Langford mental health chart]
[Image 19: Langford property crime chart]

Notes:
- The above charts reflect the change in file count for the first half of each year, January 1 to June 30.
- The offences displayed in the charts are reflective of the Annual Performance Plan priorities and do not include all offences within that category.
- Impaired Driving Charges reflect files where an individual was charged for Impaired Driving, either under the Motor Vehicle Act or Criminal Code, for drugs and/or alcohol.
- Collision data includes files where police attended and does not include all collisions reported to ICBC.

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### Colwood

Source pages: 7–19

## Colwood

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 2,688 calls
  - 2024: 2,577 calls
  - Change: ↑4.4%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 25 | 14 | ↑78.6% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 80 | 59 | ↑35.6% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 19 | 22 | ↑48.4% |
| Tickets | 195 | 285 | ↓31.6% |
| Warnings | 187 | 126 | ↑48.4% |

[Image 20: Colwood collisions chart]

### Drug Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 1 | 0 | ↑100% |
| Drug Possession | 7 | 5 | ↑40.0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total Drug Offences | 8 | 5 | ↑60.0% |

[Image 21: Colwood drug offences chart]

### Property Crime
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and Enters | 11 | 13 | ↓20.4% |
| Frauds | 39 | 49 | ↓20.4% |
| Shoplifting | 56 | 31 | ↑80.6% |
| Other Theft | 36 | 26 | ↑38.5% |

### Mental Health
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental Health Related Files | 211 | 167 | ↑24.1% |
| Mental Health Act | 28 | 32 | ↓12.5% |
| Apprehensions | (not specified) | (not specified) | — |

[Image 22: Colwood property crime chart]
[Image 23: Colwood mental health chart]
[Image 24: Colwood community photo]

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### View Royal

Source pages: 7–19

## View Royal

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 1,609 calls
  - 2024: 1,642 calls
  - Change: ↓2%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 1 | 0 | ↑100% |
| Collision - Injury | 20 | 26 | ↓23.1% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 69 | 61 | ↑13.1% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 14 | 21 | ↓33.3% |
| Tickets | 155 | 200 | ↓22.5% |
| Warnings | 88 | 80 | ↑10.0% |

Note: One fatal collision occurred on the Trans Canada Highway near 6 Mile Road in View Royal.

[Image 25: View Royal collisions chart]

### Drug Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 0 | 2 | ↓100% |
| Drug Possession | 6 | 5 | ↑20.0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 1 | ↓100% |
| Total Drug Offences | 6 | 8 | ↓25.0% |

[Image 26: View Royal drug offences chart]

### Property Crime
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and Enters | 17 | 10 | ↑70.0% |
| Frauds | 40 | 52 | ↓23.1% |
| Shoplifting | 21 | 24 | ↓12.5% |
| Other Theft | 26 | 23 | ↑13.0% |

### Mental Health
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental Health Related Files | 126 | 121 | ↓4.1% |
| Mental Health Act | 17 | 26 | ↓34.6% |
| Apprehensions | (not specified) | (not specified) | — |

[Image 27: View Royal property crime chart]
[Image 28: View Royal community photo]

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### Metchosin

Source pages: 7–19

## Metchosin

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 481 calls
  - 2024: 433 calls
  - Change: ↑11.1%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 14 | 15 | ↓6.7% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 21 | 19 | ↑10.5% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 7 | 8 | ↓12.5% |
| Tickets | 62 | 75 | ↓17.3% |
| Warnings | 32 | 50 | ↓36.0% |

[Image 29: Metchosin collisions chart]

### Drug Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 3 | 1 | ↑200% |
| Drug Possession | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total Drug Offences | 3 | 1 | ↑200% |

[Image 30: Metchosin drug offences chart]

### Property Crime
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and Enters | 4 | 3 | ↑33.3% |
| Frauds | 16 | 13 | ↑23.1% |
| Shoplifting | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Other Theft | 4 | 5 | ↓20.0% |

### Mental Health
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental Health Related Files | 28 | 9 | ↑211.1% |
| Mental Health Act | 5 | 1 | ↑400% |
| Apprehensions | (not specified) | (not specified) | — |

[Image 31: Metchosin property crime chart]

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### Highlands

Source pages: 7–19

## Highlands

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 170 calls
  - 2024: 136 calls
  - Change: ↑25%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 4 | 2 | ↑100% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 10 | 11 | ↓9.1% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 0 | 2 | ↓100% |
| Tickets | 24 | 14 | ↑71.4% |
| Warnings | 23 | 4 | ↑475.0% |

[Image 32: Highlands collisions chart]

### Drug Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Drug Possession | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total Drug Offences | 0 | 0 | 0% |

### Property Crime
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and Enters | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Frauds | 6 | 2 | ↑200% |
| Shoplifting | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Other Theft | 1 | 6 | ↓83.3% |

### Mental Health
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental Health Related Files | 14 | 5 | ↑180% |
| Mental Health Act | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Apprehensions | (not specified) | (not specified) | — |

[Image 33: Highlands property crime chart]

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### Songhees Nation

Source pages: 7–19

## Songhees Nation

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 409 calls
  - 2024: 418 calls
  - Change: ↓2.2%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 3 | ↓100% |
| Collision - Injury | 0 | 1 | ↓100% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 8 | 0 | ↑100% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Tickets | 0 | 1 | ↓100% |
| Warnings | 0 | 0 | 0% |

[Image 34: Songhees Nation collisions chart]

### Drug Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug Trafficking | 0 | 1 | ↓100% |
| Drug Possession | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total Drug Offences | 0 | 1 | ↓100% |

[Image 35: Songhees Nation drug offences chart]

### Property Crime
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and Enters | 3 | 5 | ↓40.0% |
| Frauds | 7 | 9 | ↓22.2% |
| Shoplifting | 0 | 2 | ↓100% |
| Other Theft | 6 | 3 | ↑100% |

### Mental Health
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental Health Related Files | 94 | 65 | ↑44.6% |
| Mental Health Act | 5 | 6 | ↓16.7% |
| Apprehensions | (not specified) | (not specified) | — |

[Image 36: Songhees Nation community photo]

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### Esquimalt Nation

Source pages: 7–19

## Esquimalt Nation

- Calls for service (Jan–Jun):
  - 2025: 31 calls
  - 2024: 35 calls
  - Change: ↓11.4%

### Collisions & Traffic Offences
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 1 | ↓100% |
| Collision - Injury | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Collision - Non-Injury | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Impaired Driving Charges | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Tickets | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Warnings | 0 | 0 | 0% |

### Drug Offences
No drug offences were reported on the Esquimalt Nation for the first half of 2024 or 2025.

### Property Crime & Mental Health
- Mental health related files and Mental Health Act apprehensions were low / limited counts for both years; see internal data tables for details.

[Image 37: Esquimalt Nation community chart]
[Image 38: Esquimalt Nation note graphic]

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### Community & Youth Engagement

Source pages: 7–19

## Community & Youth Engagement

### School & Youth Engagement
- In the first half of 2025, members of the Community and Indigenous Policing Unit (CIPU) attended schools in the West Shore 242 times.
  - 30 were calls for service or offences occurring at schools.
  - The other 212 attendances were for school liaison officer visits, student engagement, events, and other activities.
- In the first half of 2024, members of CIPU attended schools in the West Shore 128 times.
  - 20 of those attendances were calls for service or offences occurring at schools.
  - The other 108 attendances were for school liaison officer visits, student engagement, events, and other activities.
- In the first half of 2025, the West Shore RCMP traffic unit conducted 309 school zone patrols.
- As the school year ends, CIPU officers continue to be in the community, engaging with youth throughout the West Shore.

[Image 39: CIPU officer at school]
[Image 40: school engagement photo]
[Image 41: traffic unit school zone patrol photo]

### Restorative Justice
- In the first half of 2025, 24 individuals completed the Restorative Justice program.
  - Of the 24 individuals, 6 of them were youth.
  - 5 of the youth committed Theft & Shoplifting offences, while one was a non-criminal offence that required intervention.
- They were all successfully diverted from the judicial system by participating in community justice forums in which the accused took ownership for their actions and agreed to reparations and / or volunteer community service hours.

[Image 42: restorative justice program photo]

### 2025 Highlights
- West Shore RCMP Officers & Municipal Staff raised over $4,700 for Special Olympics BC at the 2025 Polar Plunge
- West Shore RCMP Officers Delivered Chocolates & Roses for Valentines Day to Seniors
- West Shore RCMP Officers Engage with Youth in Schools through many types of activities – including friendly lunchtime sports battles
- West Shore RCMP Officers attended & participated in the 2025 Sarah Beckett Memorial Run
- West Shore RCMP Hosted a Public Town Hall Open to All Community Members
- West Shore RCMP Hosted the Annual ‘Mountie Cup’ Senior Girls Basketball Tournament
- West Shore RCMP Officers spoke to over 1,000 Elementary Students at the Fire & Safety Expo in Metchosin
- West Shore RCMP Hosted the 2nd Annual ‘Barn Dance’ in Support of Cops for Cancer – Raising over $7,000 for Childhood Cancer
- West Shore RCMP held a Pink Shirt Day Colouring Contest – Over 1,000 Elementary Students Participated
- West Shore RCMP Bike Unit Teamed up with Bylaw Officers & Park Rangers to Conduct Joint Patrols
- West Shore RCMP Tl’Ches Spirit Canoe Program has welcomed 19 different Groups in the first half of 2025
- West Shore RCMP Traffic Unit held radar training for Frontline Officers

[Image 43: Polar Plunge — Special Olympics BC fundraising photo]
[Image 44: Valentines Day delivery to seniors photo]
[Image 45: youth engagement — lunchtime sports photo]
[Image 46: Sarah Beckett Memorial Run participation photo]
[Image 47: Public town hall photo]
[Image 48: ‘Mountie Cup’ tournament photo]
[Image 49: Fire & Safety Expo photo]
[Image 50: Barn Dance — Cops for Cancer fundraising photo]
[Image 51: Pink Shirt Day colouring contest photo]
[Image 52: Bike Unit joint patrols photo]
[Image 53: Tl’Ches Spirit Canoe Program photo]
[Image 54: radar training for frontline officers photo]

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### Notable Investigations

Source pages: 7–19

## Notable Investigations

[Image 55: investigations header visual]

(Section header present; detailed notable investigations content not included on these pages.)

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