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Fraud in Cornwall

⚠ Cornwall's open-data feed stopped updating on 2025-12-10 (248 days ago). The numbers below are a frozen snapshot, not current. More recent data may be available from the local police service.

In 2025, open-data records for Cornwall, Ontario, documented 75 reported fraud incidents. Fraud accounted for 1.6% of the city's total 4,758 recorded offences across all categories, ranking fourth among nine tracked crime categories. Within the municipal dataset, fraud was recorded less frequently than assault with 82 incidents, but more frequently than mischief with 72 incidents. These figures reflect reported municipal offences for the 2025 calendar year.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Cornwall.

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Fraud in Cornwall

This page presents the open‑data record of fraud incidents reported in Cornwall, Ontario for the calendar year 2025. The data reflect incidents that were officially recorded in the provincial crime database and are limited to the period covered by the full‑year archive.

For 2025, Cornwall recorded 75 fraud incidents, representing 1.6% of the city’s total of 4,758 recorded incidents across all categories.

How Fraud compares

In Cornwall, fraud ranks fourth out of nine crime categories. The leading category, Other, accounts for 3,980 incidents, while Theft follows with 466 incidents. Assault records 82 incidents, slightly more than fraud’s 75, and Mischief reports 72 incidents, just below fraud. Break and enter incidents total 46. This positioning shows fraud is less common than Theft and Assault but more prevalent than Mischief and Break and enter for the year 2025.

Key stats

What these numbers mean

Fraud accounts for a modest share of reported crime in Cornwall, contributing 1.6% of the total incident count and placing it fourth among nine crime categories. Its count of 75 incidents is comparable to Mischief and lower than Assault, indicating that fraud is neither the most prevalent nor the least reported offence. The data set includes only the 2025 calendar year, and no year‑over‑year change is available for this category.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Fraud in Cornwall

What types of incidents are classified as fraud?

Fraud incidents involve deceptive practices such as identity theft, credit‑card scams, or fraudulent transactions that are reported to police. In Cornwall during 2025, 75 such incidents were officially recorded.

How many fraud incidents were reported in Cornwall in 2025?

The open‑data archive shows that Cornwall recorded 75 fraud incidents for the calendar year 2025. This figure reflects all incidents that were entered into the provincial crime database for that year.

How does fraud compare to other crime types in Cornwall?

Fraud ranks fourth among nine crime categories, with 75 incidents. It is lower than Theft (466 incidents) and Assault (82 incidents) but higher than Mischief (72 incidents) and Break and enter (46 incidents). The leading category, Other, far exceeds fraud with 3,980 incidents.

Why might the fraud count appear relatively low?

Fraud counts depend on victims reporting the offence and police recording it. Some fraudulent activities remain unreported, so the 75 incidents captured for 2025 likely represent only a portion of the total fraud activity occurring in Cornwall.

Other crime categories in Cornwall

Sources

Data sourced from the Ontario open‑data portal (ON).

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