In 2025, York Regional Police recorded 10,697 total incidents in Markham, representing a 1.5% increase from 10,538 incidents in 2024. Year totals reflect police reporting volume rather than per-capita risk. Theft was the leading category with 2,731 reported incidents, followed by 2,054 offences categorized as Other, which included 481 threats and 304 harassment cases. Fraud ranked third with 1,959 recorded incidents.
Markham, Ontario recorded 10,697 open-data police incidents in 2025, representing a 1.5% increase from the 10,538 incidents documented in 2024. Data published by York Regional Police tracks reported events across the municipality throughout the full calendar year. These annual counts reflect police reporting and administrative recording rather than individual per-capita risk.
This page details Markham's 2025 crime data breakdown across top categories, including Theft with 2,731 incidents and Fraud with 1,959 incidents. The figures account for 18.8% of the city's 56,820 total recorded incidents across the full on-disk dataset spanning 2021 through 2026. The summary outlines category breakdowns, year-over-year figures, and police reporting records for the year.
In 2025, Markham recorded 10,697 reported incidents, which marks a 1.5% increase compared to the 10,538 incidents recorded in 2024. This total positions 2025 as the second-highest year for incident volume within the six-year dataset spanning 2021 to 2026, trailing only the 11,577 incidents logged in 2023. Other annual counts in the series include 8,265 in 2021, 9,887 in 2022, and 5,856 in 2026. Shifts between calendar years reflect documented open-data entries from York Regional Police and changes in reporting activity over time, rather than changes in per-capita risk.
Property and financial offences defined Markham's 2025 data, with Theft leading at 2,731 incidents and Fraud recording 1,959 incidents. The 2,054 incidents in the Other category contained notable person offences, specifically 481 Threats and 304 Harassment entries demoted from coarse parent categories. Logged volume of 10,697 incidents makes 2025 Markham's second-highest year in the six-year archive, trailing only 2023 with 11,577 incidents. Fraud and Theft combined with non-assault person offences under Other represent the primary incident drivers for the municipal year.
York Regional Police recorded 10,697 incidents in Markham in 2025. This annual count accounts for 18.8% of the city's 56,820 total incidents logged across the full six-year on-disk dataset spanning 2021 to 2026. The 2025 total represents the second-highest annual count in the municipal record.
Markham recorded a 1.5% increase in police-reported incidents in 2025 compared to 2024. The count rose from 10,538 incidents in 2024 to 10,697 incidents in 2025. Annual comparisons reflect documented open-data records published by local police rather than changes in per-capita risk across the community.
Theft was the leading category in Markham in 2025 with 2,731 incidents, followed by Other with 2,054 and Fraud with 1,959. Other top categories included Assault with 1,303, Mischief with 886, and Break and Enter with 685. Within the Other category, person offences included 481 Threats and 304 Harassment incidents.
The figures originate from open-data records published by York Regional Police. In 2025, York Regional Police logged 10,697 incidents in Markham, contributing to the municipality's 56,820 total records across the 2021 to 2026 dataset. These open records provide standardized municipal incident tracking for public analysis.
Data compiled from York Regional Police open-data records for Markham, ON.