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If the crime you are reporting is an emergency, call 9-1-1.
If the crime you are reporting is not an emergency, you can call the non-emergency line at 604-525-5411 or attend our Front Counter at 555 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC.
New Westminster Police Department officers make arrest after stabbing outside SkyTrain station
New Westminster – On October 11th at approximately 6:45pm, New Westminster Police Department officers received numerous calls to 9-1-1 to report that people had been stabbed on Columbia Street outside the SkyTrain station. New Westminster Police Department officers rushed to the scene and arrested someone matching the suspect description several blocks away. Police learned that […]
Witness calls 9-1-1 to report a mail theft in progress leading to the arrest of one man
New Westminster – On July 9th at approximately 3:00am the New Westminster Police Department received a 9-1-1 call from a witness who shared they could see a man running from the lobby of downtown area condominium with an armful of packages. When officers arrived on scene they located the suspect inside a vehicle a short […]
Arrest made following alleged assault with a weapon on Quayside Boardwalk
New Westminster – In the afternoon of June 20th New Westminster Police Department officers arrested a suspect in connection to a reported assault with a weapon on the Quayside Boardwalk. Police were able to identify and locate the suspect thanks to witnesses who came forward after seeing the New Westminster Police Department media release appealing […]
Woman with knife arrested inside New Westminster school
New Westminster – At approximately 8:00am on May 1st, police received a 9-1-1 call from staff at a post-secondary school on 6th Street in New Westminster. The caller shared that a woman, who was not a student at the school, was armed with a knife and students and staff feared for their safety. Before police […]
Witnesses asked to come forward after man arrested with a handgun-style lighter on SkyTrain platform
New Westminster – On April 10th at approximately 7:30 am the New Westminster Police Department received a call from a witness who shared they were watching someone who they believed to be in possession of a handgun arguing with a woman in the 800 block of Carnarvon Street. The witness shared that they feared for […]
New Westminster Police Officer nabs backpack thief within hours of theft
New Westminster – On the evening of March 31st a student at a local post secondary institution called the New Westminster Police Department non-emergency line to report that her backpack containing several thousand dollars of electronic devices had been stolen. An NWPD patrol member met with the student and and conducted an investigation which included […]
$111,000 cash and suspected drugs seized by the New Westminster Police Department Gang Suppression Unit
New Westminster – On January 18th at approximately 6:30pm members of the Gang Suppression Unit observed a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of 8th Avenue and 10th Street. An officer initiated a traffic stop and spoke to the driver. The driver, who was prohibited from driving, was arrested and a search of the vehicle resulted […]
New Westminster Police Department partners with businesses to target violent shoplifters
New Westminster – Between November 29th and December 1st 2023, officers from the New Westminster Police Department Crime Reduction Unit, Street Crime Unit and Gang Suppression Unit worked with retail loss prevention staff to identify and arrest violent and chronic shoplifters. This operation, Project Barcode, was created in response to ongoing concerns from local businesses […]
Student arrested at New Westminster Secondary School
New Westminster – On October 18th at approximately 10:45am, a New Westminster Police Department officer was at New Westminster Secondary School for an unrelated matter when he was made aware of a student who was in possession of a knife and causing a disturbance inside the school. When the officer located the youth, he worked […]
Police arrest suspect in connection to violent assault inside Agnes Street residence
New Westminster – On October 6th at approximately 7:00am a New Westminster Police Department Special Constable was flagged down on Royal Avenue by a woman suffering numerous lacerations. The victim alleged that she was violently assaulted inside a suite on Agnes Street. BC Emergency Health Services paramedics transported the victim to local area hospital. A […]