Markham recorded 881 reported fraud incidents in 2026 through July, against a citywide total of 5,889 across all categories. Fraud accounts for 15% of that total and ranks third among 12 categories. The published annual series shows counts rising from 1,810 in 2024 to 1,959 in 2025, an 8.2% increase, with 2025 the highest year listed. The 2026 figure is year-to-date, not a full-year count.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Markham.
Fraud is the third-largest category in Markham's open-data crime feed, ranking 3rd among 12 categories and accounting for 15% of the city's 5,889 reported incidents. This page examines fraud in Markham, Ontario, using 881 fraud-related incidents logged in 2026 year-to-date through July — the selected window for this category, drawn from the full on-disk archive rather than the 60-day map tier.
The 2026 total is a partial-year figure, cut off at the last complete month, so it should not be read as a full-year count. Fraud's multi-year series shows a steady climb from 1,389 records in 2021 to 1,959 in 2025, a year-over-year increase of 8.2% from 1,810 in 2024. The 881 records for 2026 reflect the year's first seven months.
Within Markham's 12-category breakdown, fraud ranks third, and its 881 year-to-date incidents represent 15% of the city's 5,889 total. In this window, fraud trails Theft (1,754) and Other (1,223) but sits ahead of Assault (766), Mischief (469), and Break and enter (301). The complete-year series shows fraud growing year over year, reaching 1,959 records in 2025 — up 8.2% from 1,810 in 2024. With more than 1,700 records in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025, fraud has become one of Markham's more common listed categories in the open-data feed.
Fraud is one of Markham's most consistently reported categories in the open-data feed, climbing from 1,389 records in 2021 to 1,959 in 2025. The 8.2% increase between 2024 and 2025 is modest in percentage terms but continues a multi-year upward pattern. The 2026 year-to-date count of 881 through July is a partial-year figure, so it should not be compared to full years as an annual trend. At 15% of the city's 5,889 incidents, fraud sits behind only Theft and Other in the current window.
Markham's open-data feed records 881 fraud incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July. This is a partial-year figure, cut off at the last complete month, rather than a full-year total. For context, the same category recorded 1,959 incidents across the full 2025 calendar year.
Fraud ranks third among Markham's 12 published categories in the 2026 year-to-date window, accounting for 15% of 5,889 total incidents. Its 881 records trail Theft (1,754) and Other (1,223), but exceed Assault (766), Mischief (469), and Break and enter (301).
Comparing complete years, fraud rose 8.2% from 1,810 records in 2024 to 1,959 in 2025. The longer series shows growth from 1,389 in 2021 to 1,704 in 2023 and 1,810 in 2024. The 2026 figure of 881 is year-to-date through July and is not directly comparable to those full-year totals.
Markham Hagerman led neighbourhood-level fraud counts with 144 records in 2026 year-to-date, followed by Markham 16th (97), Markham East (86), Markham Village (84), and Milliken West (82). These counts reflect the same YTD window as the city total of 881 fraud incidents.
All counts on this page come from Markham's published open-data crime records for Ontario (ON).