More residents are calling the police in Dawson Creek, and an increase in assault cases was reported at city council’s latest meeting with its local detachment.
Calls for service received last month by Dawson Creek RCMP increased by 10 per cent compared with the same period in 2025. January saw 718 calls, with 599 from within city limits and 119 from the surrounding rural area.
“The increase in call volume was experienced almost entirely within the city stats,” the report presented to city council by the Mounties reads. It speaks to a 43 per cent increase in all assault cases. There have been 20 so far this year – compared to 14 in 2025, nine in 2024, and 11 in 2023.
Police also reported increases in break and enters at businesses and homes.
For businesses, there was a 700 per cent jump when compared to 2025. The eight reported this year was not the four-year high, that occurred in 2023 when there were 12 cases. Residential properties tied the high reported in 2024 and increased by 133 per cent compared to last year. Thus far in 2026, seven instances of people breaking and entering into residential properties were reported.
One fewer motor vehicle collision was reported compared with the previous year’s 38. However, impaired driving suspensions and roadside prohibitions also decreased, with six reported, according to the RCMP.
“Dawson Creek local members have been engaged in an extra patrol initiative to target our repeat offenders, conduct curfew compliance checks and enforcement at known-to-police residences in our city,” said Mounties in their January update.
Members of the South Peace city’s detachment also attended calls in Tumbler Ridge, as well as other urgent issues in neighbouring detachments.
