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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.
Suspicious incident on Quayside Drive
New Westminster – On August 27th, 2022 at 10:20pm, the New Westminster Police Department was notified about a suspicious incident that occurred earlier in the evening at approximately 7:30pm on Quayside Drive. The victim said they were walking on the sidewalk along Quayside Drive when they were approached by a blue van with two male […]
NWPD investigate two sexual offences
New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department Major Crime Unit is actively investigating two sexual offences that occurred in the evening hours of March 17th. At about 5:30pm an unidentified man approached an adult woman standing at a bus stop on Howes Street. The man walked up behind her and pulled her pants down. […]
NWPD seeking Good Samaritan in possible child luring
New Westminster – On March 14th, the New Westminster Police Department distributed a sketch of a suspect who had approached an 11 year old girl shortly after 3:00 pm on March 8th. The man was driving an older model red panel van when he approached a young girl who was walking in the 200 block […]
Public Information – Suspicious Male
New Westminster – On March 10th, the New Westminster Police Department informed the public of a suspicious male who had approached a young female shortly after 3:00 pm on March 8th. The man was driving an older model red panel van when he approached a young girl who was walking in the 200 block of […]
New Westminster Police search for suspicious van that approached young female
New Westminster – The NWPD would like to inform the community about an incident that occurred on March 8th 2016, during which a young female was approached by a suspicious vehicle in the in the 200 block of 3rd Avenue, in New Westminster. The male driver of the vehicle asked the young female to get […]
NWPD request assistance with suspicious circumstance
On May 6th at approximately 12:30 pm, the NWPD responded to a report of a suspicious circumstance on East Columbia Street near Front Street. A witness reported seeing a South Asian female with long black hair jump from the passenger side of a moving white vehicle while it traveled at approximately 20 km/hr. The driver […]
NWPD Investigating Suspicious Fire – Seeking Assistance from Public
New Westminster – On May 27, 2014 at 5:10 am, the New Westminster Police Department responded to a structure fire inside 615 Front Street. The vacant building had already sustained significant damage due to a previous fire in October, 2013. The most recent fire is under investigation by the New Westminster Police in conjunction with […]
Update to Public Warning – Anonymous Caller September 1, 2013 – Kidnap Plan
New Westminster – On September 1, 2013, the New Westminster Police Department issued a news release for the purpose of warning the public and requesting assistance for an investigation into an anonymous complaint made by a male who described his plan to kidnap a woman known to him with the intention of holding her against […]
NWPD Warn the Public and Requests Assistance with Identifying Unknown Male Caller
The New Westminster Police Department received a disturbing telephone call at 8:17 am today through their non-emergency telephone number. The call was unable to be traced. A male called and stated that he wanted to kidnap a woman that he knew and hold her against her will. The NWPD have been unable to identify the […]
Suspicious Death in the 500 Block of Colby Street
On December 27th, 2012 at 6:17 am, the New Westminster Police received a call from a resident in the 500 Block of Colby Street advising that they heard a disturbance from their basement suite. They advised that they heard 3-4 bangs which sounded like gun shots. The New Westminster Police arrived on scene shortly thereafter […]