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

Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities

The West Shore RCMP 2025 Annual Performance Plan (APP) emphasizes police efforts in five areas:

• 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

Summary — First half (Jan 1 to Jun 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%.

Drug offences (overview)

• Drug offences (summary): 2025 — 1,026; 2024 — 956. Change: ↑7.3%

Mental health (overview)

• Mental health related files: 2025 — 137; 2024 — 148. Change: ↓7.4%

Collisions & traffic (overview)

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

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Paid resources and calls for service by community (Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2025)

2025 paid resources by community (percentage)

• 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 percentages / breakdown)

• Langford: 56.57% of paid resources / 7,290 calls for service
• Colwood: 20.86% of paid resources / 2,688 calls for service
• View Royal: 12.49% of paid resources / 1,609 calls for service
• Metchosin: 3.73% of paid resources / 481 calls for service
• Highlands: 1.32% of paid resources / 170 calls for service
• Songhees Nation: 3.17% of paid resources / 409 calls for service
• Esquimalt Nation: 0.24% of paid resources / 31 calls for service
• Malahat: 0.85% of paid resources

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Langford

• There were 7,290 calls for service in Langford for the first half of 2025, compared to 7,054 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 3.3%).

Collisions & traffic (Langford)

Drug offences (Langford)

Property crime (Langford)

Mental health (Langford)

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Colwood

• There were 2,688 calls for service in Colwood for the first half of 2025, compared to 2,577 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 4.4%).

Collisions & traffic (Colwood)

Drug offences (Colwood)

Mental health (Colwood)

Property crime (Colwood)

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View Royal

• There were 1,609 calls for service in View Royal for the first half of 2025, compared to 1,642 in the first half of 2024 (decrease of 2%).
• One fatal collision occurred on the Trans Canada Highway near 6 Mile Road in View Royal.

Collisions & traffic (View Royal)

Drug offences (View Royal)

Mental health (View Royal)

Property crime (View Royal)

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Metchosin

• There were 481 calls for service in Metchosin for the first half of 2025, compared to 433 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 11.1%).

Collisions & traffic (Metchosin)

Drug offences (Metchosin)

Mental health (Metchosin)

Property crime (Metchosin)

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Highlands

• There were 170 calls for service in the Highlands for the first half of 2025, compared to 136 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 25%).

Collisions & traffic (Highlands)

Drug offences (Highlands)

Mental health (Highlands)

Property crime (Highlands)

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Songhees Nation

• There were 409 calls for service on the Songhees Nation for the first half of 2025, compared to 418 in the first half of 2024 (decrease of 2.2%).

Collisions & traffic (Songhees Nation)

Drug offences (Songhees Nation)

Mental health (Songhees Nation)

Property crime (Songhees Nation)

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Esquimalt Nation

• There were 31 calls for service on the Esquimalt Nation in the first half of 2025, compared to 35 in the first half of 2024 (decrease of 11.4%).
• No drug offences were reported on the Esquimalt Nation for the first half of 2024 or 2025.

Collisions & traffic (Esquimalt Nation)

Mental health (Esquimalt Nation)

Property crime (Esquimalt Nation)

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Community & Youth Engagement

School engagement and CIPU activity

• 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.

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.

2025 Highlights (community engagement & outreach)

• 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.

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Notable Investigations