RCMP calls up 19% in North Cowichan/Duncan detachment

Both crimes against persons and property are up in North Cowichan in the first three months of 2026 compared to the same time frame the year before.
Staff Sgt. Ken Beard, officer in charge of the North Cowichan/Duncan detachment, gave his quarterly report to North Cowichan council on June 17, reporting an increase in overall files in the detachment’s jurisdiction to 5,740 from 4,828 in the same period the previous year.
“The files jumped 19 per cent from 2025 to 2026,” Beard to